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HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I wonder if I could interrupt the noble Baroness to say that I hope that she realises that this Bill does not give the Government powers to run bus services. The whole point of…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, with his amendments, the noble Lord, Lord Hampton, has opened up one of the most important and least discussed areas to do with bus operations in a way that presents…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to those who have spoken in this short debate. I have great sympathy with what the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, said, as she knows. We will support…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords I am grateful to everyone who has spoken in this debate. We on our side are supportive of the importance of taking into account the needs of people dwelling in rural…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]A study of the effect of the £2 bus cap would be very valuable—let us remember that the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, said that in her rural part of Dorset it was…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I heartily endorse the comments made by my noble friend Lord Effingham and the support given by the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon. To be crystal clear, the fundamental…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]With the Minister’s permission, I do not think that we are disagreeing and, therefore, I do not think that what he just said about timetables is quite the answer to my point. It…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am again very grateful to all noble Lords who spoke. I am surprised that I have to help the noble Lord, Lord Snape, understand that very frequently in Committee, as a…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I am grateful to the Minister for his remarks, and I am glad he acknowledged that there are areas of concern. We may want to return to this, but for the moment, I beg leave to…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]They are probing.11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, a small number of amendments here in my name relate to zero-emission buses. I am concerned that the requirement for them is being imposed with excessive harshness and…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]The Minister suggested that I had misunderstood the clause and then gave an explanation of it that sounds very reasonable—and one could probably go along with it. The reason why I…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I move that Clause 18 do not stand part of the Bill. I also wish to move that Clause 19 do not stand part of the Bill and, with your Lordships’ permission, I will speak…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Despite that enthusiastic welcome, and despite the fact that it is normally a great privilege to speak first to any group of amendments being debated in Committee, I am fairly…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPassenger Standards AuthorityMy Lords, is the Minister persuaded that when the consultation document on the future of the railways is published, which I hear might even be this week, it will have a convincing…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, at Second Reading I expressed very serious concerns about part of Clause 24. In opposing the clause standing part of the Bill, my approach has been not to rewrite what…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, in this group we are debating one of the principal means by which local transport authorities can intervene in existing provision in order to change it. They would…11 Feb 2025