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HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I will speak primarily about my amendments 29 to 31, but I will also say a few words about clause 31.…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Clean Air (Human Rights)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish the right to breathe clean air; to require the Secretary of State to achieve and maintain clean air in England;…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThis cruel mistake of a Bill must fall today. The reasons in the amendment tabled by the Green party stand, and with my colleagues I will vote to stop it on Second Reading and…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I very much appreciate that my amendments would do different things from clause 13, and I also appreciate that the Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023 provide…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Amendment 46 would remove the requirement for the service not to have an adverse effect on local services. Bearing in mind what the shadow Minister said about the impossibility of…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 39, in clause 14, page 9, line 32, after “activities,” insert— “(iv) health care services, or (v) schools and other educational institutes,”. This…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I do not; I just hope that the Government realise what I was trying to do. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment , by leave, withdrawn. Clause 13 ordered to…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)For clarity, the intention behind my amendments is not to allow for incumbent operators that are local government bus companies to be added to the Bill; it is to ensure,…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)To clarify, amendment 72 is not my amendment.26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Sir Desmond. I am delighted to present a number of amendments to clause 13. The clause should be in the Bill; I can…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I do not. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn .26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)On a point of clarification, clause 14 adds proposed new subsection (15)(b) to section 138A of the Transport Act. The measure is quite specific that a current service is…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 34, in clause 13, page 8, line 5, after “operators” insert— “or local government bus companies”. This amendment, along with Amendments 35, 36 and 37, would…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The shadow Minister was looking at me while making those points, and I agree that our parties have very different philosophies on this issue. The circumstances that he has just…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I just want to give an example in which “may” is more appropriate. Proposed new subsection (5A)(a) and (b) talk about a local service that is provided. If a local transport…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Oh, apologies.26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I am pleased to move an amendment that both I and Liberal Democrat colleagues had the idea of. The Liberal Democrats have withdrawn their version of the amendment, but we are…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. This is not my first Public Bill Committee, but I will certainly benefit from your guidance on the particulars of the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionOn the proscription of Palestine Action, I remind the Minister that there are number of recent examples of juries finding defendants, in cases similar to the Brize Norton…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Pride MonthIn contrast to the Minister, I fully support the decision that has been made by the major Pride organisations to tell us that as political parties we are not welcome this year on…23 Jun 2025