Bus Services Bill [HL]

My Lords, the noble Baroness raises an important point which should not be overlooked in the cour...

I talked about the bus conduct regulations of 1990, because they give the facility for the driver...

I well understand that; I just wonder how we can resolve it by legislation. It is easy for us in ...

My Lords, these are helpful and constructive amendments but, as with all amendments of this kind,...

My Lords, I support the amendments in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Brinton and Lady Ca...

My Lords, I take the point of the noble Lord, Lord Judd, that measures to benefit disabled people...

I totally agree.

I am most grateful for that—we are in complete accord.

I put my name to Amendment 126 in th...

My Lords, I support most of the speeches made in support of this amendment. I am not sure that I ...

My Lords, I support the amendment tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Campbell and Lady Brinton....

I would like to pick up something that my noble friend has said. I hope that in her concern to br...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this extremely important debate on a par...

Let me be the first to congratulate the noble Lord. Having invited him to come to see the buses i...

I am sure there is a film about that—“Planes, Trains and Automobiles”—and I am sure we will have ...

My Lords, perhaps I may interrupt the noble Lord for one minute to ask whether disabled people th...

I will come to that point in a moment and I thank the noble Baroness for her intervention. I agre...

My Lords, I am grateful for the response from the Minister and I am sure we would all appreciate ...

This is important, so I will put my words into a letter for all noble Lords’ consideration. Howev...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his considered response and for the progress that has been mad...

Will the Minister write to us all and not just the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, about the applicat...

Of course. I am pleased to give that reassurance. Implicit in most of the discussions we have had...

I also thank the Minister for his helpful letters and assistance with meetings over the past few ...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

84: Clause 9, page 37, line 21, leave out “a rela...

My Lords, it falls to me to present myself as a change of driver at this point, and I will speak ...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

84A: Clause 9, page 37, line 23, at end insert—

“(7A) An...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 84A I shall speak also to Amendment 84B, which is also in my name. ...

My Lords, I shall address Amendments 85 and 86 tabled in my name. Once again these amendments are...

My Lords, I support the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lady Randerson. It may to appear to b...

My Lords, as this is the first time I have spoken in Committee today I draw the Committee’s atten...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions during this short debate. When we discu...

I am grateful to the Minister for that short answer, which was useful clarification. I shall stud...

Moved by

Earl Attlee

87: Clause 9, page 39, line 31, at end insert—

“(6A) The r...

My Lords, this amendment would add an additional subsection to the list of requirements for an en...

Before I speak to the amendments in my name, I will contribute to the debate on the amendment of ...

My Lords, the first amendment in this group was moved by the noble Earl, Lord Attlee. It is not a...

I thank noble Lords who have spoken on this group of amendments. An enhanced partnership scheme i...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for the response and to all noble Lords who have spoke...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

90: Clause 9, page 40, line 39, leave out “enhanced ...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

91: Clause 9, page 42, line 29, at end insert—

My Lords, Amendment 91 is in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Jones of Whitchurch. It see...

My Lords, Amendment 93, which is in my name, states:

“Once consulted, the Competition and M...

My Lords, I would like to discuss Amendment 93. The noble Baroness has done the Committee a servi...

I assure the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, that I am in comforting mode, and I hope that I have refl...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. I will reflect on the Min...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

100: Clause 9, page 46, line 8, leave out “made by” ...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

111A: Clause 11, page 60, line 10, at end insert—

“(3A) ...

My Lords, before I move Amendment 111A, I would like to put on record that I do not understand pa...

I support my noble friend Lord Berkeley in these two amendments. I look forward to the Minister’s...

My Lords, I shall take Amendment 111A first. It would require the traffic commissioner to take ac...

I am grateful to the Minister for that explanation. It takes two to tango, and I suspect that the...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

112: Clause 14, page 63, line 21, leave out from ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 and 127. I will ...

My Lords, I have to inform the Committee that if Amendment 112A is agreed to, I cannot call Amend...

My Lords, I am very grateful for the Minister’s explanation. This is another occasion when I am s...

I am happy that the noble Lord is happy.

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

113: Clause 14, page 63, line 28, leave out from ...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

121: Clause 14, page 66, line 5, at end insert—...

My Lords, this amendment builds on the concept of a community asset, as identified in the Localis...

My Lords, I support Amendment 121 in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, and the noble Bar...

My Lords, I have every sympathy with this amendment, although I doubt its practicality. I do not ...

My Lords, I completely concur with everything that the noble Lord, Lord Snape, has said, apart fr...

Of course there is not a bottomless pit of public money. It is for the Government to decide the p...

My Lords, it is difficult to agree with everyone on this point. In response to my noble friend Lo...

I know that, as has been said, local bus services are very important to our local communities. As...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response and those noble Lords who have supported my amend...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

123: Schedule 4, page 81, line 17, at end insert—...

My Lords, an enhanced partnership will enable the local authority to examine bus services in its ...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

123A: After Clause 16, insert the following new Clause—

...

My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 123A It would insert a new clause, “Passenger representation”, ...

My Lords, I rise to support the principle of the amendment that my noble friend Lord Berkeley has...

Amendment 123A, moved by my noble friend Lord Berkeley, is one that I am delighted to support. As...

My Lords, as has been said by those noble Lords who have contributed to this short debate, this i...

I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate and the Minister for hi...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

124: Clause 17, page 67, line 43, at end insert—