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HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I will write to the hon. Gentleman to give him some further details about those points, if that will suffice. Amendment 76 agreed to. Clause 33, as amended, ordered to stand part…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)As I was saying this morning, clause 28 enables local transport authorities to introduce byelaws to tackle antisocial behaviour on vehicles, as well as within and at bus-related…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I will absolutely ensure that the hon. Member receives a full response and gets the reassurances that he seeks. Amendment 51, moved by the hon. Member, seeks to prevent new LABCos…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The clause supports bus franchising authorities and local transport authorities to deal effectively with fare evasion. That is achieved through amendments to the definition of…01 Jul 2025HANSARD Waterloo-Reading Line: Class 701 TrainsIt is of course a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Butler. I congratulate the hon. Member for Wokingham (Clive Jones) on raising this issue. The Department is keen to provide…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dame Siobhain. I thank hon. Members for their further comments on socially necessary local services. My hon. Friend the Member for…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The hon. Lady will have seen in the Bill that there is an element of ensuring that bus drivers and other persons in bus companies are given training on antisocial behaviour,…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The clause amends various sections of the Transport Act 2000 to help authorities to better reflect the needs of disabled passengers in the design of enhanced partnership schemes…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The clause will amend provisions in the Transport Act relating to powers of local transport authorities to obtain information about local bus services in connection with any…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Clause 19 will introduce a change to the 28-day operator objection mechanism in relation to EP plans and schemes. Under the Transport Act, local transport authorities are required…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The driving force here is transparency. It is about having the data and about how local areas ensure, for a whole range of reasons—social, economic and moral—that everyone in…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)For the reasons I have outlined, I have nothing further to add. Question put and agreed to. Clause 15 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses 16 and 17 ordered to…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I thank hon. Members for their thoughts on the clause. I remind the Committee that the clause was inserted into the Bill because the Government listened intently to concerns in…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I would simply say that it is expected that the private sector organisations that contract with local authorities will take the impact of national insurance changes into account,…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I will make some progress, but I can probably paraphrase what the hon. Member was going to say: “It was in the manifesto.” Well, you must excuse me, Dame Siobhain, if I do not…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Government amendments 18 and 19 will have the effect of removing services operating in Wales from the scope of clause 24(4). Amendment 18 will mean that only services that have…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 18, in clause 24, page 20, line 41, after “1985” insert “, in connection with a local service which has one or more stopping places in England,”. This…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Clause 21 requires local transport authorities to publish a bus network accessibility plan, describing what provision is made in the authority’s area to enable disabled people to…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)As I said, any decisions should be underpinned by a rigorous and prudential approach to financing and resources. All local authorities have a duty to manage public money well.…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)From what I have heard from Committee members, we share the goal of improving bus services for passengers. These clauses are a direct response to a problem with how information on…01 Jul 2025