Bus Services Bill [HL]

My Lords, not-for-profit bus services, or community transport, cover a wide spectrum of services,...

My Lords, in contrast, I support the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, in his amendment, because I believ...

My Lords, I support the comments of my noble friend. I had not intended to speak, but the noble E...

My Lords, if I can stimulate a contribution from the noble Baroness, I have done the Committee a ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for his amendment, which would require franchisin...

Will the Minister say a little more about why he thinks that this should be in guidance? He says ...

My Lords, I have already said that there are provisions within the Bill that protect that element...

I am not sure the Minister answered the point I was making there. I am thinking of organisations ...

I do not think I can add any more. If the noble Lord feels that the strength of what the Governme...

I thank the Minister for that contribution. I will take up his kind offer to have a discussion ou...

Moved by

Earl Attlee

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

“(g) whethe...

My Lords, this amendment is all about compensation for loss of business, and its purpose is to ma...

My Lords, I am interested in the noble Earl’s comments about the poor small investor who has put ...

I have great sympathy with the amendment moved by the noble Earl, Lord Attlee. I have also listen...

I think that my noble friend is speaking for himself; he is not speaking for me.

I suspect that when we come to debate the future of the railway industry I will be speaking for m...

My Lords, I say in response to the noble Lord, Lord Snape, that of course the arguments he makes ...

My Lords, Amendment 35, which has been proposed by the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, is not one that I...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Attlee for his amendment, which would require franchising ...

Can the Minister say more about something I find hard to understand about the amendment? I am a c...

My noble friend tabled an amendment and it is right that we have a discussion in Committee. I hop...

My Lords, if I have brought both Front Benches together, I have achieved something. Some noble Lo...

I would never dream of having a go at my noble friend; I am merely thankful that he has given way...

I thank my noble friend for that response and I beg leave to withdraw the amendment, subject to t...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Needham Market

41: Clause 4, page 16, line 26, after “an” ...

My Lords, the amendment stands in my name and those of my noble friends Lady Randerson and Lord S...

I rise to speak to Amendment 43 in this group, which seems to do something similar to the amendme...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 42 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Berke...

My Lords, I should first declare my vice-presidency of the Local Government Association. In princ...

My Lords, on the amendments that we have discussed in Committee, many noble Lords have said how i...

My Lords, we very much support the intent of the first amendment introduced by the noble Baroness...

Before my noble friend sits down—I am sorry that she finds herself unable to support what is, in ...

And he is independent, too.

And he is independent, too.

Without wishing to get into a dialogue, I think that we felt that as long the role was prescribed...

My Lords, there are a number of amendments in this group, all related to the audit function requi...

Does the noble Lord accept that it is not just a case of qualifications but of perceptions? It is...

I agree with the noble Baroness inasmuch as it is important that it is not just the process, but ...

I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate on this set of amendments, and...

The noble Baroness again raises a very valid point. Once we have established our full response to...

It is certainly an issue of our time that perception is pretty much everything.

With that, ...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

44: Clause 4, page 17, line 24, leave out “such” and insert “Tra...

My Lords, this is a slightly odd group, although all the amendments in it deal with consultation ...

My Lords, I have four minor amendments in this group and wish to say a word or two about each of ...

My Lords, it is very difficult to find anything to argue about with these amendments on consultat...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 48 and 51 in my name. I very much support the amendment tabl...

My Lords, this group contains a number of amendments to the consultation process that a franchisi...

My Lords, I congratulate the Department for Transport on being so forthcoming on this group of am...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

50: Clause 4, page 18, leave out lines 5 and 6

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

54: Clause 4, page 19, line 6, after first “the” ...

My Lords, I will speak to a group of amendments to Clause 4 and Schedule 2. Amendments 54 to 64 a...

My Lords, I have no problem with the amendment but I want some further clarification. As I said i...

That is a very reasonable comment. My noble friend Lord Ahmad was asked a similar question during...

I accept that it is a tidying-up exercise, but my point is that I am surprised that this could no...

I am not sure that my follow-up is going to give any further clarity. I simply point out that the...

That is fine. I will not pursue the point further, but for the Minister to come to the Dispatch B...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

55: Clause 4, page 19, line 15, after “the” inser...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

58A: Clause 4, page 19, line 40, at end insert—...

My Lords, Amendments 58A and 99ZA call upon commissioners of bus services under franchise, and th...

My Lords, I am very pleased to see that the noble Baroness has tabled this amendment. I raised th...

My Lords, I support this amendment, and will also speak to the others in the group—Amendments 58B...

My Lords, I am sure that these are sensible and valuable amendments for the Committee to consider...

The point I was making was the government amendments that were tabled seemed to be making little ...

My Lords, late or not, one has to look at the potential and the value of the particular amendment...

My Lords, very briefly, I also strongly support these amendments—late or not. We hear under the d...

My Lords, just to pick up on a couple of points, whenever you see something that can be improved,...

Yes, I received a letter on the questions about rural public transport, which I raised at Second ...

I received a lovely letter from the Minister, but only this morning.

As long as it was lovely, that is the important point to bear in mind. I thank all noble Lords, p...

I know the Minister is trying to be very helpful today and we are very grateful to him for that. ...

In the interests of time, if the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, does not mind I shall share the lett...

I think I got the letter, but I am afraid I not have actually read it yet. It arrived this mornin...

On that point, has the Minister told the Committee when the guidance might be published in draft ...

Apparently I did not get the letter after all. I certainly got a letter from the Minister this mo...

As I have reflected on before, while we are in the holy month of Ramadan, noble Lords should be t...

I think the Minister for his response and I thank all noble Lords who contributed. For a little w...