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HANSARDTrain Operating Company ContractsMy Lords, it is almost six years now since the chaotic introduction of changed rail timetables demonstrated that the present system of train operating contracts is completely…25 Mar 2024HANSARDInter Faith NetworkDoes the Minister think that the Government’s action in this case is proportionate, given the huge importance in our society of interfaith dialogue and the fact that one person…22 Feb 2024HANSARDPavement ParkingMy Lords, all of us have enormous sympathy with the points the noble Lords, Lord Holmes and Lord Blunkett, have made. Can the Minister just disclose a little more about the…21 Feb 2024HANSARDNetwork NorthMy Lords, I remind the House that, when HS2 was cancelled, the Prime Minister said that, “we’ll reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, into hundreds of transport projects in…14 Feb 2024HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, I, too, thank the officials who have worked on this Bill and the Minister’s private office for the work they have put in. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Davies, for…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, we have a great deal of sympathy with the points that my noble friend Lord Berkeley made, particularly on his Amendment 34 dealing with insurance. That is a very…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 28 on the establishment of a statutory advisory council, which would enable better progress with self-driving vehicles and automated vehicles…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, these are important issues that the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, has raised. She has, with her characteristic acuity, asked lots of penetrating questions about what the…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, we on this side of the House have enormous sympathy for the amendment that the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, has proposed, and I find myself, at least on this…30 Jan 2024HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, on behalf of the Opposition, I will be very brief. We support this amendment and congratulate the Minister on bringing it forward; it demonstrates that Members of the…30 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, we have had two very interesting and productive contributions from the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, and the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. The noble Lord has, in essence,…15 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]15 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]I am happy to withdraw the amendment on the understanding that we have a further conversation about it.15 Jan 2024HANSARDCivil Nuclear Road MapMy Lords, speaking as a native of Cumberland and a former Cumbria county councillor, does the Minister recognise that the most enthusiastic supporters of new nuclear power are to…15 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]I am not trying to be difficult, but I did not quite understand the point the Minister made about the ASDE still being liable. Let us hypothesise a simple situation. A vehicle is…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDriving Licence: Young and Newly Qualified DriversMy Lords, while one has enormous sympathy with what is behind this Question, how can the Government get into these matters of further sophistication when there is an enormous…15 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]That is fine with me. Perhaps, in the meeting we are going to have, we can discuss this question so that someone who actually understands it properly can explain it to us.15 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.15 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, from a discussion of the critical world situation, we move to discuss insurance questions under automated vehicles—such is the breadth of the House of Lords. In moving…15 Jan 2024