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HANSARDNationalised Passenger Rail ServicesDoes my noble friend acknowledge that the spokesperson for the Conservative Party has a pretty thick skin to ask this Question? After all, the last Conservative Government…02 Feb 2026HANSARDNumber Plates Intended to Defeat Enforcement CamerasTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to prevent the manufacture, sale and use of number plates intended to defeat enforcement cameras, including automatic…22 Jan 2026HANSARDNumber Plates Intended to Defeat Enforcement CamerasMy Lords, will the Minister join me in congratulating Sarah Coombes, the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich, on pursuing this matter in the way that she has? Does he agree…22 Jan 2026HANSARDMotorway Speed CamerasMy Lords, I assure my noble friend the Minister that there is nothing wrong with the speed cameras on the M5 motorway in the West Midlands, as those of us who have recently…21 Jan 2026HANSARDChannel Tunnel Infrastructure: ReliabilityTo ask His Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Getlink about the reliability of the Channel Tunnel infrastructure given the recent failure of the electrical…06 Jan 2026HANSARDChannel Tunnel Infrastructure: ReliabilityI am grateful to the Minister for that response. Am I correct in thinking that, when these occurrences happen in and around the Channel Tunnel, it seems to take twice as long to…06 Jan 2026HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackMy Lords, I endorse everything that has just been said by the noble Baroness from the Liberal Democrats—04 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackMy Lords, I first apologise to my noble friend the Minister for jumping the gun earlier. I have been here long enough to know better, and I will see that it does not happen in…04 Nov 2025HANSARDOpen Access Rail ServicesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what is the impact on rail capacity of open access rail services.22 Oct 2025HANSARDOpen Access Rail ServicesMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that response. Can he assure me that any further applications for open access trains will not prejudice the existing train paths,…22 Oct 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak briefly on these amendments; first, about safety. I bring the House’s attention to the fact that, although we had a debate in Committee on the question of…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]The fact is that the amendment was never actually debated in Committee because the noble Lord, Lord Woodley, could not be present. The fact is that it has now been adopted by the…13 Oct 2025HANSARDRail FreightTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to meet the target of increasing rail freight by 75 per cent by 2050.14 Jul 2025HANSARDRail FreightMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that response, but, while welcoming the 5% increase in rail freight over the past year, we are still a long way from the 70% which was…14 Jul 2025HANSARDTourism LevyWill my noble friend bear in mind that cities as diverse as New York, Paris and Berlin have tourist taxes and that there is no noticeable lack of tourists in any of them? Would…14 Jul 2025HANSARDPublic Transport: Expansion and ElectrificationMy Lords, is my noble friend aware that it is more than 40 years since Sir Peter Parker, the then chairman of British Rail, recommended a rolling programme of railway…19 May 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will intervene briefly, if I may. One group of people involved in these discussions has not been heard from so far, and that is the bus drivers themselves. I have no…02 Apr 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I made an exception for my noble friend straight away, because I knew he might react. Stand on the corner of Parliament Square and watch them. There are cycle lanes and traffic…02 Apr 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Before the noble Lord sits down, does he remember that the biggest bus manufacturer in the United Kingdom for many years was Leyland buses? Does he remember what happened when it…02 Apr 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Before the noble Lord sits down, can he tell us how he managed to escape from the museum? I am amazed he was not kept in there.02 Apr 2025