Bus Services Bill [HL]

My Lords, I will not detain the House by commenting on the amendments in detail. As the Minister ...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

19: Clause 4, page 15, line 12, at end insert—

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

20: Clause 4, page 15, line 30, leave out “local tra...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

22: Clause 4, page 15, line 44, at end insert—

“( ) An awa...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 22 I shall speak also to the other amendments in this group in my n...

My Lords, in my various discussions with bus operators, it has become clear to me that recruiting...

My Lords, as this is my first contribution to Report today, I draw the attention of the House to ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, made some important points about protections for workers i...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. He started very well and he finished quite well wi...

Moved by

Lord Judd

23: Clause 4, page 16, line 7, at end insert—

“(d) a Nationa...

My Lords, I did not participate when this group was debated last week. I put forward this amendme...

My Lords, I wish to support the noble Lord, as I did in Committee. I echo his comments about the ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his amendment and the noble Baroness for her contribution. T...

My Lords, in view of what the Minister has already done in meeting points of this Bill that have ...

I should inform the House that if Amendment 25 is agreed, I cannot call Amendments 26 and 27 beca...

Moved by

Baroness Randerson

25: Clause 4, page 16, leave out lines 9 to 18

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Needham Market

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

My Lords, Amendment 28 returns to the question of an independent audit of proposals for new franc...

My Lords, I support this amendment, to which my name is attached. My noble friend Lady Scott of N...

My Lords, I support the views put forward by the two previous speakers. Under previous legislatio...

My Lords, Amendment 28 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Needham Market, and the n...

My Lords, first, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken on this amendment. The intent and the se...

When they go through the auditing process, will the auditor’s decision be binding, or can the aut...

Again, I do not think I can give a blanket assurance. The auditor is there to see that due proces...

I thank noble Lords who have spoken in the debate. Their response suggests that I was right to re...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

29: Clause 4, page 17, line 23, at end insert—