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HANSARDRoad Safety StrategyMy Lords, priorities change. Road safety is not just about strategy documents—it is about making continuing improvements. Our recent 2022 statistics show a 2% reduction in…18 Dec 2023HANSARDRoad Safety StrategyWe are investing more than £5 billion from 2020-21 to 2024-25 to maintain local roads, with an extra £200 million announced in the Budget in March 2023. This funding is enabling…18 Dec 2023HANSARDRoad Safety StrategyI am afraid that I have not been briefed on that and I shall have to write to the noble Baroness.18 Dec 2023HANSARDRoad Safety StrategyMy Lords, I think we all share the noble Lord’s concern over e-bikes, but the law is clear that electrically assisted pedal cycles are legal up to 15.5 miles per hour. Beyond that…18 Dec 2023HANSARDRoad Safety StrategyThe short answer is yes. The Department for Transport conducts many calls for evidence and consultations with interested parties and would always welcome input that improves road…18 Dec 2023HANSARDRoad Safety StrategyI will of course take the noble Lord’s comments back to the department, but the Government continue to invest in safety on the roads and to improve enforcement of motoring offence…18 Dec 2023HANSARDRoad Safety StrategyI thank my noble friend for the question. I believe that in certain circumstances, it is an offence, and as such, it is up to the police to enforce.18 Dec 2023HANSARDRoad Safety StrategyThe noble and gallant Lord makes an excellent point. The power to impose 20 miles per hour speed limits rests with the local traffic authority and I emphasise that the Government…18 Dec 2023HANSARDRoad Safety StrategyI am afraid I have not seen that research. The Government continue to improve to Highway Code, for example improving road safety for people walking, cycling and riding horses.…18 Dec 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I rise to speak in support of my noble friend Lord Robathan’s Amendment 5. I declare an interest, as stated in the register, as a partner in a sporting estate in…12 Sept 2023HANSARDLand Use CommissionTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report of the Land Use in England Committee’s recommendation to establish a Land Use Commission to help…22 May 2023HANSARDLand Use CommissionI thank my noble friend for his Answer and refer to my interest as a landowner, as set out in the register. The Royal Society recently highlighted that government policies could…22 May 2023HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I declare my interest as a farmer and landowner. Despite my position as a loser of financial support under the Government’s current policies, I am against these…28 Mar 2023HANSARDCleaner Energy TechnologiesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what form of carbon reduction costing or pricing they use to assess the relative merits of different cleaner energy technologies in reducing the…14 Mar 2023HANSARDCleaner Energy TechnologiesI thank my noble friend the Minister for his Answer. In light of third-party research suggesting that atmospheric carbon units would need to be at an unaffordable price of several…14 Mar 2023HANSARDCleaner Energy TechnologiesMy Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare my interests as set out in the register.14 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as a shareholder in an FCA-regulated asset management company, and as having been regulated as an employee for 30 years in financial services,…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillThe Bill introduces secondary objectives unrelated to the core objectives. Should that unlimited liability also be extended to these? Will the regulator be determining acceptable…01 Mar 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Nature-based Solutions (STC Report)My Lords, I declare my registered interests as a co-founder of a natural capital trading platform—one of many seeking to address some of the issues raised in this report—as a…09 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I declare my interests on the register as a shareholder in an FCA-regulated asset management company. I should add that I have worked for 30 years within investment…01 Feb 2023