Bus Services Bill [HL]

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, does the Committee and the industry a great service by m...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, and my noble friend Lord Snape have a very good point wh...

My Lords, I think I can probably help the noble Lord by speaking specifically about Amendments 19...

My Lords, Amendment 6, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, seeks to insert a new subsection s...

Before the Minister responds, may I take up the point raised by my noble friend Lord Snape? It is...

My Lords, I again thank all noble Lords for their contributions. The noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, c...

May I push the Minister a bit further on incidental matters—what does he mean by that? In my cont...

I will of course do so and will write to other noble Lords in that respect.

The Minister made reference to the quality partnership schemes. Any operator not in the partnersh...

Again, that is my understanding, but I will clarify that for the noble Lord.

The noble Lord...

I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Bradshaw

7: Clause 1, page 3, line 32, after “relate,” insert “includin...

My Lords, we have touched on this matter before, but I will be most interested to know what measu...

Before the Minister replies, I hate to prejudge and pre-empt his reply, but I fear that he will s...

My Lords, my general point is that reducing congestion is a win-win measure. First, it reduces yo...

My Lords, since we are talking about the west of England, I should say that I met the person resp...

My Lords, if the Minister does not accept the amendment to include the need to reduce congestion—...

My Lords, Amendment 7 —again in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, and the noble Barones...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed. The noble Lord, Lord Snape, talked in his...

Perhaps I can help the Minister. It was the Government who asked KPMG to provide insight into the...

Those reports certainly advise decisions. No Government could claim that, with every report they ...

I think that local authorities would be greatly encouraged if they could have access to the power...

Moved by

Baroness Randerson

8: Clause 1, page 3, line 45, leave out second “may” and ...

My Lords, I am very pleased to speak to the amendments in my name and that of my noble friend Lad...

I am very much with the noble Baroness, as she will understand, but at this point will she underl...

I am very pleased to take the noble Lord’s point. The NUS has produced some excellent research fi...

My Lords, I shall intervene briefly to underline one particular point. I agree that pretty much e...

My Lords, one thing that my noble friend has forgotten is that these Oyster cards should possibly...

My Lords, perhaps I may add a point to what the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, said. Any move towards s...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for the amendments and for explaining their intent ...

My Lords, once again, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. The noble Baro...

My Lords, I urge the Minister to look again at the legislation relating to the entitlement of you...

Moved by

Baroness Randerson

9: Clause 1, page 4, line 10, at end insert—

“(e) r...

At a time when the key spots in our towns and cities regularly breach EU limits on air pollution,...

My Lords, I have two amendments in this group which go in broadly the same direction as that of t...

My Lords, I have my name to two of these amendments. I support what my noble friend has said. Let...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, mentioned the EU component of emissions standards. ...

My Lords, Amendments 12, 23 and 88 are in my name. I very much endorse the comments of the noble ...

My Lords, I align myself with much of the sentiment that has been expressed. The noble Lord, Lord...

I am pleased that the Minister is willing to review at least one of the amendments in this group....