Transport for London Bill [Lords]

We have a single grouping of amendments to deal with in what might be the last outing of this int...

My hon. Friend will recall from our discussion in November that one of my particular concerns abo...

That is a complex question—perhaps even more complex than my hon. Friend divines, despite his hug...

Surely the purpose of TfL is to provide the best, most efficient and most cost-efficient transpor...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Certainly, my amendments—I will go through them one by one—ar...

I take my hon. Friend back to Harrow-on-the-Hill station, because it is clear that TfL will have ...

I am always pleased to be taken back to Harrow-on-the-Hill station, although my hon. Friend norma...

Moving on from Harrow-on-the-Hill station, will my hon. Friend deal with the concern that he and ...

A lot of the credit must go to Lord Dubs, who obtained a substantial concession in the other plac...

Before my hon. Friend turns to his proposed amendments, may I take him back again to our debate l...

Like my hon. Friend, I recently had a lengthy meeting with Graeme Craig and other TfL lawyers and...

A further concern that was aired when we last debated the Bill in November was that the advisory ...

I am not aware that that has happened. To give TfL the benefit of the doubt, it, like many in Lon...

I intervene again on my hon. Friend to suggest that he might want to use at least a portion of hi...

I entirely agree. My hon. Friend has made the point very well, and I cannot add anything to it. I...

My hon. Friend has a modest style, but may I encourage him to say two further things on the quest...

I absolutely concur with that. I suspect that, like me, my hon. Friend finds housing to be the si...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will give way one more time, but then I must get on.

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My hon. Friend is right to say that housing is a huge issue in my constituency, as it clearly is ...

That is right. I am afraid that almost every planning application for residential development I n...

To make another observation, if I may, about liveable communities, TfL owns a lot of shopfronts a...

That is another very good point. I am afraid that it is another one on which TfL does not have a ...

Would my hon. Friend like to comment on the drafting quality of the amendments?

They are much better than I could have done. They could not be improved upon by the Clerks, so th...

My hon. Friend makes a strong point about the risk of taking land out of operational use or losin...

I am grateful for that intervention, because transparency is very important here. We have asked s...

I reiterate that the Department supports TfL’s commercial programme. We want TfL to maximise its ...

That aim is creditable, but my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith (Andy Slaughter) gave a num...

I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. I may be a bit old-fashioned, but I quite like a pri...

Will the Minister give way?

I will probably regret it, but I will.

I take slight exception to the term “watered down”. I could have gone on longer, but I thought I ...

Her Majesty’s Government believe that, rather than strengthening the Bill, the hon. Gentleman’s a...

I think it is fair to say that this Bill has had an arduous journey through both Houses; a petiti...

The hon. Gentleman is talking about subsidies from the Government. Does he not agree that these a...

That is a fine distinction. Most of us understand that the reason we pay our taxes is for exactly...

I support amendment 1, and consequential amendments 2 to 6, which I tabled on behalf of the promo...

As I understand it, the hon. Gentleman is saying that TfL has listened to the democratic voice of...

We have had substantial debates. The promoters listened to those debates, considered them careful...

The hon. Gentleman asks what the point is. The point is bitter experience. I bet that he could gi...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. Requiring the Secretary of State to go through ...

rose—

I will give way very briefly.

I think I want the long and detailed explanation to which the hon. Gentleman referred. What I wan...

It is quite clear that the operation under clause 4(2) mirrors what TfL can do anyway under secti...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I have given way on a couple of occasions. If there is something else the hon. Gentleman wishes t...

I appreciate the way the hon. Gentleman has approached the debate, but he will understand that I ...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) on taking this Bill to Th...

Well, here we are, after only five and a half years, with a Bill that is better than it was when ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his work on the Bill and what he has achieved—in particular, the remov...

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend. She makes two very good points about the Housing and Planni...

It is a pleasure to rise at what I hope will be the end of a very long journey. The purpose of th...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will make a bit of progress and then maybe give way. The hon. Gentleman has had plenty of oppor...

rose—

No, the hon. Gentleman has had plenty of time to put his point of view.

From 2019, TfL’s ob...

You will be pleased to hear, Madam Deputy Speaker, that I do not intend to repeat the substantial...