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HANSARDBus 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]The noble Lord has not finished his speech yet.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 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]11 Feb 2025HANSARDCovid Counter-Fraud CommissionerMy Lords, what inquiries are the Government making into the fraud that the Chinese Communist Government sought to perpetrate, along with certain members of the international…05 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionMy Lords, Heathrow Airport Ltd is a 100% privately-owned company, which is subject to a form of economic regulation with which many noble Lords will be familiar from the water…03 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]The Minister makes a very important point there. When the last grant was allocated—in round numbers, of £1 billion, £250 million went to bus operators and £750 million went to…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to four amendments in this group, Amendments 30, 31, 32 and 69, although, again, I will speak to them out of numerical order. This week I stand down as…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, on that point, the Minister has made in his response no reference whatever to the private sector. We are talking about circumstances in which buses are provided by the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]May I ask the noble Lord, briefly, if he believes that the whole success in Cornwall depends on a few people knowing what they are doing and being professional about it—I am sure…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to my Amendments 3, 5, 14, 15 and 16, which are supported by my noble friend Lord Effingham. With your Lordships’ permission, I will deal with them more…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I was not going to speak on this group after my noble friend Lord Effingham spoke, but I am prompted to do so by an earlier intervention. It is very important that, when…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]One was deprivation.28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords—28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 13 standing in my name. I can see the role of direct awards as a matter of principle in certain cases. They have the effect of removing…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I think that the noble Baroness said Amendment 30 when she probably meant Amendment 31, but that is a minor point.28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]It is complete nonsense to misrepresent my point in the way that she has done. I am really beginning to wonder, as I say, if the purpose of the Liberal Democrats is to use this…28 Jan 2025HANSARDRailway ElectrificationThere is a report out today from Rail Partners which says that the costs of rail freight have been rising three times faster than the costs of carrying freight by road. Part of…22 Jan 2025HANSARDRailway ElectrificationMy Lords, the electrification of the north Wales main line, that the Conservative party committed itself to in its manifesto, was to be funded from the savings made from HS2 and…22 Jan 2025HANSARDDriving Tests: Secondary MarketMy Lords, I thank my noble friend who, after a lifetime of bicycling, offers greater advocacy for learner drivers than the Government appear interested in doing—possibly he is…13 Jan 2025