Bus Services Bill [HL]

My Lords, while it is clearly right to explore these issues, I strongly urge the Minister to resi...

The noble Earl emphasised mayoral combined authorities and mayoral powers. Why, then, has Cornwal...

My Lords, I do not know that, but I expect the Minister will tell us.

The agreement between...

My Lords, the amendment to which I have added my name, along with the noble Baroness, Lady Jones,...

My Lords, I have given notice to my noble friend on the Front Bench that I strongly disagree with...

My Lords, I support these amendments and am grateful to my noble friend Lady Jones for setting ou...

My Lords, I agree that there is no distinction, really, in accountability terms between a mayor a...

My noble friend Lord Horam observed that the Explanatory Notes do not justify the policy, but my ...

It is not just that the Explanatory Notes, which should explain what each clause does, do not exp...

My Lords, I am not getting involved in the squabble between noble Lords opposite, because I want ...

I have been listening to my noble friend’s rant, and I have to say that he is completely misrepre...

Passenger numbers are indeed going down—they are going down in London, as a matter of fact—as is ...

My Lords, before I turn to the detailed issues that I want to raise with the Minister, I will say...

My Lords, I will respond to one of the points made by my noble friend Lord Snape, who implied—I t...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in the discussions. Several times in his co...

Before the Minister moves on, will he clarify something for me? I am struggling to understand why...

It is not just about local authorities. I have already alluded to other factors. I state again th...

My Lords, I am, of course, grateful for what my noble friend has said about competent authorities...

Of course I will reflect on the thoughtful remarks made by my noble friend, but let me reassure h...

Let me give a specific example. If West Yorkshire Combined Authority agreed tomorrow to have a ma...

Perhaps I may respond to that. As I am sure the noble Lord appreciates, every devolution deal inv...

I thank the Minister for his response and I thank noble Lords around the Chamber for their suppor...

My noble friend mentioned the special skills of local authorities, which certainly exist. But, wi...

Of course, the provisions in the Bill allow for all that, and that is one factor that needs to be...

Moved by

Lord Snape

25: Clause 4, page 15, leave out line 22 and insert—

“(3) I...

My Lords, the Committee will be relieved to know that I will spend considerably less time on this...

My Lords, my noble friend yet again sets up a straw man. I am simply in favour of local authoriti...

I am grateful to my noble friend for that definition of his view. However, that view would pertai...

My Lords, I will be brief. I have listened carefully to the contribution of my noble friend. As h...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for tabling his amendment. He proposes a series of amendments th...

Of course, I listened with care to what both Front Benches said but was not entirely surprised at...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

33: Clause 4, page 15, line 43, at end insert—

My Lords, as this is the first time I have spoken in today’s Committee debate, I declare that I a...

My Lords, I shall try to be brief. These amendments are what are often termed “no-brainers”. As t...

My Lords, I support Amendment 33. I have tabled other amendments which will make a similar point....

My Lords, I too have a later amendment which deals with this subject, so I will be brief. I agree...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for moving Amendment 33. My noble friend Lord Attlee behind me r...

Is the Minister willing to give a commitment that the Government will consider bringing forward a...

I have already said that I am open to discussing how we move this matter forward. I hope that I a...

I thank the noble Lord for that very helpful response. When we tabled the amendments we should ha...

It is certainly my intention to discuss with the noble Lord and the noble Baroness how best to ta...

That is very helpful. I am very happy to get involved in discussions on an amendment that we are ...

Will the Minister take great care to make sure that everyone who has an interest in the Bill is i...

I give my noble friend that assurance. I will go further and say that I never forget my noble fri...

I thank the noble Lord for those very helpful responses. I am very pleased to have received suppo...

Before the noble Lord sits down, let me assure him that that is the Government’s intention with a...

I thank the noble Lord again for his very helpful comments. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment...