Bus Services Bill [HL]

Moved by

Lord Bradshaw

95: Clause 12, page 61, line 18, at end insert—

“( ) If ...

My Lords, this amendment is designed to ensure that when a franchise or an enhanced quality partn...

My Lords, this amendment reflects the importance that we on these Benches believe lies in the rol...

My Lords, being a traffic commissioner, I had forgotten that we had very little training. I wonde...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for tabling his amendment. On the final point raised by the nobl...

I am very grateful for what the noble Lord has said. It has clarified the situation: if any of th...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

96: Clause 14, page 65, line 8, leave out “, 6E and ...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

97: Clause 14, page 67, line 4, at end insert—<...

My Lords, Amendment 97 designates certain bus routes as assets of community value. As we discusse...

My Lords, I certainly agree with the noble Baroness that local bus services act as a lifeline to ...

The Minister referred to the new community transport schemes and the investment in new vehicles. ...

If the noble Baroness will write to me about that case, with which I am not familiar, I will resp...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for that response. We will have to agree to disagree on this one...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

100: Schedule 4, page 83, line 8, leave out “section...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

101: After Clause 16, insert the following new Claus...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

102: Clause 17, page 68, line 38, at end insert—

My Lords, in moving government Amendment 102, I shall speak also to government Amendments 103 and...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for his explanation, and I should say at the outset tha...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

103: Clause 17, page 68, line 39, leave out “that ma...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

105: Clause 17, page 69, line 2, leave out “time at ...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

111: Clause 21, leave out Clause 21

My Lords, We are back at Clause 21, which without doubt is the most contentious clause in the Bil...

My Lords, many of the amendments to the Bill have dealt with issues of detail and degree, but not...

My Lords, despite the passion shown by the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, I am afraid tha...

I rise to support the amendment and to rebut utterly what the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, has just s...

Is it not open to local authorities to subsidise the route in question?

Why not run them more efficiently in the first place? Public ownership can be very cost effective...

My Lords, I agree with those who have spoken in support of the removal of Clause 21 from the Bill...

My Lords, we have had several groups of amendments this afternoon, and I am sure that the respect...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this short debate. I do not accept t...

I do not remember saying that there would be a stampede. I just suggested that there might be a p...

I think the noble Earl said that a lot of councils will set up bus companies to tender for all th...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

112: Before Clause 22, insert the following ne...

My Lords, this amendment is about bus safety. I would like to think that it is so sensible that i...

My Lords, I very much support this amendment. My noble friend has set out very clearly why it is ...

My Lords, this is a new issue raised at a late stage in the process, but nevertheless it is extre...

My Lords, I fully support Amendment 112. Ensuring the safety of passengers and the general public...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for tabling this amendment and the very informative meeting ...

I want to be comforted by what the Minister is saying, but I am curious about whether I could bri...

That is very much for the noble Baroness to consider. As I said to her during the meeting we had ...

To clarify that point, is the Minister saying he is happy for the noble Baroness to come back wit...

I am generally a very content person. I am saying that the decision is very much for the noble Ba...

I know the Minister is trying to be very helpful here, and I am also trying to be helpful. This i...

I have indicated to the noble Baroness the timelines behind this. Let us not forget that the Bill...

I am grateful to the Minister for his reply and his promise not to try to direct or instruct me. ...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

113: Before Clause 22, insert the following new Cl...

Moved by

Lord Bradshaw

114: Before Clause 22, insert the following new Clause—

...

I return to the subject which we have spoken about throughout the Bill: how deep rural bus servic...

My Lords, my noble friend has devised a very neat way of assisting bus services in rural areas. T...

I thank noble Lords for their brief contributions to this short debate. The noble Lord, Lord Brad...

I thank the Minister for that. I am not sure that I fully accept his logic. The no-better, no-wor...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

114A: Clause 22, page 73, line 20, leave out subse...

My Lords, Amendments 114A and 114B in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Jones of Whitchurc...

My Lords, your Lordships set up the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee to look at p...

My Lords, Clauses 22 and 23 give the Secretary of State the power to make, by way of regulations,...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. In answer to the noble Earl, if the table...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

115: Clause 24, page 74, line 2, at end insert “, su...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

117: Clause 25, page 74, line 9, at end insert—