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HANSARDBus FundingMy Lords, another week and another highly operatic Statement from the person in the other place who wishes to be known as the passenger-in-chief. But, unlike the Statement we had…19 Nov 2024HANSARDAviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, I shall be disappointingly brief. I thank the Minister for arranging a briefing with his officials, and I thank those officials for the time that they gave. Various…18 Nov 2024HANSARDAviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2024Will the Minister send copies of those letters to all of us who have participated in the debate?18 Nov 2024HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Woodley, for bringing forward this Bill. I am conscious that one of the obligations on us in this House is not to raise…15 Nov 2024HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill [HL]I interrupt with trepidation, because my noble friend is such an excellent lawyer, and I am not a lawyer at all. However, am I not right in saying that, while that test did exist,…15 Nov 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, before I turn to the substance of the Bill, and in response to what the Minister said, I remind noble Lords who may have forgotten that the remarkable thing about…13 Nov 2024HANSARDRail PerformanceMy Lords, when a Secretary of State comes to the House of Commons to make a Statement, I have always imagined it to be a rather portentous matter; something serious must be afoot.…13 Nov 2024HANSARDShadow Great British Railways: Chair AppointmentTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether the appointment of a chair of Shadow Great British Railways was subject to a competitive process.12 Nov 2024HANSARDShadow Great British Railways: Chair AppointmentMy Lords, this Question is not about any individual. Will the Minister say how many businesses of the scale of Great British Railways would appoint a chairman without any sort of…12 Nov 2024HANSARDCarbon Emissions: Bus FleetsMy Lords, on hydrogen-powered buses, when TfL put the hydrogen fuelling infrastructure into a single depot to run hydrogen buses in London, it turned out to be a very expensive…12 Nov 2024HANSARDTransport Infrastructure: North of EnglandMy Lords, everyone acknowledges that regional airports throughout the country are struggling. How do the Government think that putting up air passenger duty is going to help them?12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformMy Lords, I surprise myself by taking as my starting point agreement with the noble Lords, Lord Newby and Lord Foulkes, that in a democratic society there is always a case for a…12 Nov 2024HANSARDNewly Qualified Young DriversMy Lords, I return to the question asked by the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon. The Minister replied as if she had asked a question about motorcycles but, unless I misunderstood,…11 Nov 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI am only trying to move an amendment.06 Nov 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, I made no reference to good or evil. I am talking about operational efficiency. I am sure the noble Lord is correct in drawing attention, as has happened several times…06 Nov 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, this amendment deals with devolution and requires the Government to start work on that in the next few months and explain how they are going to do it. One thing that is…06 Nov 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, I will speak to the amendments in this group, particularly Amendment 12 standing in my name. I have a great deal of sympathy with the amendment moved by the noble…06 Nov 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Young sought throughout Committee, with great forensic precision and courtesy, to get answers to the sort of questions he has been raising today,…06 Nov 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill06 Nov 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI am afraid the case is rather different in relation to Amendment 13, which relates to freight and requires the Government to state not simply that they intend to meet the 75%…06 Nov 2024