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HANSARDPublic Transport: Remote CommunitiesMy Lords, if the Government are so worried about connectivity to the Isle of Wight, why are they introducing a carbon tax on the domestic maritime sector from June this year?…09 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMay I comment before the Minister sits down? I would hesitate to intervene on the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, because that would be quite correctly stopped by the Whips, but what he…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 235 in this group and I shall speak briefly to it. I shall probably be mocked for naivety. We have had some 30 years of the Mental Capacity Act. The…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThis has exposed something that has never been mentioned in relation to the Bill before, or in the whole of our debate on terminal illness. It is a matter of crucial importance. I…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMay I pursue a point the Minister made about my Amendment 85? My understanding of the Bill, as drafted, is that one has to have an inevitably progressive illness or disease, not…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have four amendments in this group, three of which are closely related. They are Amendments 85, 894 and 896, the latter two of which are consequential on Amendment 85.…06 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for again making his position clear. I suspect we will be coming back to some of these issues on Report, but for the moment I beg leave to…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI want to be absolutely clear in my own mind and check that my noble friend is as well. It is very easy, in London, to think that Transport for London runs those services, partly…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I shall endeavour to be brief. I have only one amendment in this group. There is also an amendment by my noble friend, Lord Lansley, which, as I understand it, has a…02 Feb 2026HANSARDNationalised Passenger Rail ServicesMy Lords, when the figures were published a month ago, cancellations were reported to have risen by around 50% on South Western services in the months following nationalisation in…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, this has been a fascinating discussion—at least, a very small number of us found it fascinating, others perhaps less so. This is an important topic, as everyone on all…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillUnder the arrangement that is struck, is it not likely that the only potential operating company that would be acceptable for such an agreement would be Great British Railways?…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, Schedule 9 of the Bill amends the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 and the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. Its effect is to…02 Feb 2026HANSARDNationalised Passenger Rail ServicesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what performance improvements have been delivered by nationalised passenger rail services since 28 November 2024.02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I am mildly astonished that the Minister has not addressed the perfectly serious question I raised about the potential for internal conflict between the Mayor of London,…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWith respect, this is Committee and one is allowed to go on a little bit. Although it is in the form of an intervention, I could just as easily have stood up and made a second…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I shall speak briefly on Amendment 114A, which is genuinely probing. The effect of the amendment would be to ensure that parking enforcement and the charges associated…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I hope to be brief. I have two main topics to discuss here. No explanation has been given for including Clause 27, which has the effect of transferring to the Mayor of…02 Feb 2026