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HANSARDSouth West Rail Resilience ProgrammeMy Lords, I looked at a recent exchange between my noble friend Lord Berkeley and the Minister on this subject. Essentially, he asked whether funding for phase 5 will be withheld…22 May 2023HANSARDHGVs: Charging and RefuellingMy Lords, I think the noble Baroness said that the grid said it was confident it could meet the challenges of HGV electrical supply. The problem is extremely sophisticated: it is…22 May 2023HANSARDPublic Service Vehicles (Accessible Information) Regulations 2023My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for introducing this SI. For 10 years, I was managing director of the Underground and, as such, was part of the top team in LT. It is nice to…16 May 2023HANSARDFrigatesMy Lords, to what extent does the Minister accept the concept of a “drumbeat of orders”? Ships that are built are inevitably late and I put to her that the reason is that they are…10 May 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2023My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing these orders. Let me also express thanks to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee for flagging the orders as…02 May 2023HANSARDUK Undersea Infrastructure: Hostile ActivityMy Lords, we recognise that this is a credible threat, and I congratulate the Ministry of Defence on having a ship with the capability to help, since it has already been…25 Apr 2023HANSARDAmendments of the Law (Resolution of Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited) Order 2023Can the Minister confirm whether I have understood this correctly? My understanding was that we are assured that any impact on the ring-fence regime will be brought about through…19 Apr 2023HANSARDAmendments of the Law (Resolution of Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited) Order 2023In bringing this back to us, as the Minister will have to do for the second SI, and responding to these questions, can we have some analysis of the competitive advantage that HSBC…19 Apr 2023HANSARDAmendments of the Law (Resolution of Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited) Order 2023My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing this order. I begin by reiterating the Labour Party’s thanks to the officials at the Treasury, the Bank of England and the…19 Apr 2023HANSARDArrivals Duty Free at UK AirportsMy Lords, the Government were slow to back the tourism sector during the coronavirus pandemic, U-turning on a special deal for airports and airlines and missing the opportunity to…30 Mar 2023HANSARDTransport: Investment PlansMy Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord Berkeley for securing this debate. Bus networks across England are fundamentally broken, and railway operators are breaking records for…30 Mar 2023HANSARDTransport: Investment PlansDoes the Minister have data for that publication?30 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillWe do not have a fixed view on this proposal and therefore will listen to the response of the Government. At an individual level, when invited to pay my off-sets to British…23 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillWould the noble Baroness accept that we have heard that speech before? With every complex Bill where we have sought ways to have more control over statutory instruments, we get…23 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I do not formally have a view on these amendments. It seems that they would have wide-ranging implications, and I shall consult with colleagues throughout Parliament…23 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillThat word, “engaged”, flummoxes us all. We do not see a mechanism in our system. Will the Minister write to us and spell out what “engaged” means?21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I thank His Majesty’s Treasury for sharing its policy on the Edinburgh reforms last month. This Government, following their initial floating of the HMT intervention…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBritish Banking SectorMy Lords, we welcome the Bank of England’s swift action on SVB UK and its recent statements about the safe nature of the UK’s banking system. Nevertheless, events elsewhere,…21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, on the digital pound, we support the Bank of England’s work exploring the potential benefits of a safe and stable central bank digital currency, but the Government’s…21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillThere is no official Labour Party position on this, but I feel enormous sympathy for the position of the noble Earl, Lord Attlee. I hope the Minister will take this away, not as a…21 Mar 2023