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HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have only two things to say. First, I look forward to the Minister confirming that the Greater Manchester franchising scheme was carried out without any government…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, the Official Opposition welcome and support the government amendments in this group, and we look forward to hearing what the Minister has to say in response to the very…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, the private sector—the private bus companies—will remain absolutely integral, even under a franchising arrangement and certainly under an enhanced bus partnership, to…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is common ground between the Minister and me that, in the event of a local authority failing financially, it is possible for the Secretary of State to send in…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have no objection to these amendments.26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, has put her finger on what might be described as the other elephant in the room. The whole purpose of this Bill is defeated if it does…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, the Conservative Government maintained a cap on individual bus fares of £2. We pledged in our manifesto—and had we been re-elected we would have put into that effect…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I hesitate to be drawn by the noble Lord, Lord Snape, who intends only to provoke me. But I am to some extent provoked. I am provoked to the extent of pointing out that…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, in the last week or two, your Lordships’ House has occupied itself extensively with the effects of the increase in national insurance contributions on various parties,…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a sorry reply from the Minister. The modest amounts of money he splashes around seem to have an awful lot of work to do, since they are the response to nearly…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I apologise for not addressing in my opening remarks the government amendments in this group, which I am happy to say I am content with. I mean, if one is as short of…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have no objections.26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, the amendments in this group fall into three parts. Amendment 1 stands on its own and Amendments 2 to 8 work together to a single effect and will be dealt with as such.…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, this group consists of three amendments that are sufficiently related to merit being included in one group but are each distinct from each other, and each requires a…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I hope noble Lords will agree that in my speeches so far this evening I have been as brief as possible. This amendment is of some technicality and legally quite complex.…26 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowMy Lords, I thank the Minister for advance sight of the Statement made yesterday. The remarkable thing about this event is what it was not. It was not a hostile terrorist attack,…25 Mar 2025