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HANSARDGoods Vehicles (International Road Transport Permits and Haulage Within the EU) Regulations 2024My Lords, I also thank the Minister for his presentation of this SI. He added a certain overview, which is useful. I found myself in a difficult situation with this SI, both…18 Apr 2024HANSARDRenewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, I thank the Minister for his presentation of this statutory instrument. It is not an instrument that I have got on with very well. I decided to try to understand it, and…26 Mar 2024HANSARDSingle Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2024I rise with a heavy burden because I was the party spokesman in 2014 when this document was created. If you think that this document is a problem, you should compare it to the…19 Mar 2024HANSARDMilitary National ServiceMy Lords, I really hope that the Minister’s Answer is not accurate. We know that there is a serious risk—not a probable risk but a serious risk—of a ground war breaking out in…07 Mar 2024HANSARDAvanti TrainsMy Lords, I commend my noble friend Lord Snape for his tenacious pursuit of Avanti’s inferior performance. However, it is not just Avanti; Govia Thameslink regularly fails…27 Feb 2024HANSARDConventional Weapon Stocks: ExpenditureMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer; I am not sure that it contained any information, but it met the basic specification. In my view, the moneys are not being spent on…19 Feb 2024HANSARDConventional Weapon Stocks: ExpenditureTo ask His Majesty’s Government when they plan to provide an update on the spending of the £2 billion allocated in the 2023 spending review for replenishing conventional weapon…19 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister and his team for their co-operation on the Bill. I thank my co-spokesman, my noble friend Lord Liddle, and Grace Wright, our researcher. When I…19 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]It does not exist.06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Berkeley for raising these issues. I am afraid that my consideration of these things comes to the conclusion that it is a mess. There are…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]Before the Minister sits down, will he do me a personal favour and put me out of my agony? What has happened to the road safety investigation branch?06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I will not take up the House’s time. We have nothing to add to this debate, although it has been very interesting. I have to deliver our judgment, which is that we are…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I think this group has two subgroups. There is the subgroup of amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Davies, and my noble friend Lord Berkeley’s subgroup. I am…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, I first thank the Minister, as others have done, for the amount of time he has taken on this Bill. Our central concern was that this is a London problem, and we created…30 Jan 2024HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]I apologise for jumping in on this point but it is very important. The Minister said that the generation of regulations would be solely the responsibility of Transport for London,…30 Jan 2024HANSARDEast Coast Main LineMy Lords, the Minister implies that the 2024 timetable is more or less complete. That would have involved seven railway operators, Network Rail and the DfT achieving a consensus.…24 Jan 2024HANSARDPrivate Crossings (Signs and Barriers) Regulations 2023My Lords, our Front-Bench team on transport has grown dramatically over the past six months, from one to two. From time to time, my new partner—my noble friend Lord Liddle—and I…17 Jan 2024HANSARDPrivate Crossings (Signs and Barriers) Regulations 2023I am sorry, but safety legislation, in virtually every area, does not take that view. We do not talk about it very much, but the ability to spend money on safety is almost…17 Jan 2024HANSARDPrivate Crossings (Signs and Barriers) Regulations 2023The essence of my point is that, superficially, this burden offends the rule that the railways claim to take through the ORR that safety improvements are not necessary if their…17 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]The noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, has made the point that she can speak twice in Committee. I invite her to speak for a third time to confirm that the two amendments are mutually…15 Jan 2024