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HANSARDBorders and AsylumPeople with a wide range of views about how to tackle immigration spoke to me over the summer, and none of them is happy with how things are. They are furious about how the…01 Sept 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for South West Norfolk (Terry Jermy), who is my constituency neighbour. I welcome and value his testimony and his authenticity of purpose…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI completely agree that that barrier must be addressed, and the business case is so clear and easy to see. The Government should focus on supporting employment opportunities in…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI look forward to the shareable case study from Clywd North when it is available, because things can be done, and doubtless they are being done, but we need to be doing them in…09 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I, too, am frustrated that the Government did not see fit to address those concerns by amending the clause. Let us start by being clear: assaults that take place on bus services…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I have very little to add to the speech of my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Broadland and Fakenham. Any road death involving a bus is one too many; any injury to a…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I will actually press both this new clause and new clause 35 to a vote. When discussing the Bill, there is an elephant in the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Can I just give the Minister the opportunity to provide that clarification? I intended to intervene on him, but he finished speaking sooner than I thought he would, and it would…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I will briefly touch on new clause 9, tabled by the Green party, and I will also speak to new clause 21. Buses are often the first form of transport that children use by…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)The Liberal Democrats welcome clause 34 and the introduction of specific training for bus drivers to help them to identify and respond to criminal offences and antisocial…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 61, in clause 34, page 36, line 35, after “2003” insert— “(c) any form of domestic abuse, as defined in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, beyond offences or…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s comments and reassurance. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 34, as amended, ordered to stand…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister. If he needs to intervene on me, he may, but can he confirm whether the guidance to be issued on training will specifically mention issues around…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I understand. That was the only thing I wanted to say. Thank you, Dame Siobhain.03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I support clause 38, which would require the Secretary of State to conduct a review into the provision of bus services to villages in England within two years of the Act being…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I appreciate the further information that the Minister has provided. I do not want to repeat my previous question, but does he believe, although he may not want to have to specify…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I want to put on record our thanks to the Government for heeding the calls of many who have spoken in this Committee and the other place about the knotty issue of floating bus…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I imagine that there are many different calculations in different parts of the country; mine is based on casework inquiries. A limited number of fare options are available to…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)New clause 32 in my name and new clause 10 in the name of the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion both call for a review into the impact of the current timing restrictions, whereby…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister and I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment made : 77, in clause 34, page 37, line 24, at end insert— “ 144G…03 Jul 2025