Infrastructure Bill [HL]

My Lords, I support my noble friend and will briefly speak to some of the amendments in this grou...

I shall say just three things. The Government are mistaken. The Office of Rail Regulation should,...

My Lords, I yield entirely to the noble Lords, Lord Whitty and Lord Berkeley, for their huge expe...

My Lords, I can keep my own contribution relatively brief because my noble friends Lord Whitty an...

My Lords, this is obviously a very wide and long group of amendments, which cover quite a range o...

My Lords, I thank the Minister very much for dealing with these issues so comprehensively. We all...

Moved by

Lord Davies of Oldham

2A: Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—<...

My Lords, this amendment requires the Secretary of State to publish a report on allowing a public...

My Lords, it is worth reminding the House that we already have public sector operators in this co...

My Lords, I have followed this debate over the years with some interest and have a number of ques...

My Lords, I fully support this amendment. The happiest moments of my week are when I get a kiss f...

My Lords, I spend a great deal of my time on the west coast line. All I can say is that when for ...

My Lords, I ask the Minister to consider what will happen if the bids received under the franchis...

Does the noble Lord agree that it is the height of nonsense to allow the state operators of Franc...

It amazes me that we as a country permit so many foreigners to run our water industry, our gas in...

My Lords, I have intervened on this Bill only once, and I probably will not do so again, but I su...

My Lords, the temptation is to get into a major discussion about nationalisation of industries, b...

The noble Baroness has to address the fundamental issue: why will she not allow a public operator...

I will address that point. However, I want to set the context for the discussion because sometime...

I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness but the new rolling stock that is to be included in th...

I am sorry but, as the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, will know, these things will be built into the ...

I hate to point this out to the noble Baroness, but the company already exists. It is called East...

That company, as the noble Lord probably knows, will presumably be TUPE-ed—or not TUPE-ed, becaus...

I apologise for interrupting the Minister. Can she name any bidders for any franchises that are n...

I will just pick up on a point about “foreign-owned”. There is obviously scope for any country to...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her considered and lengthy reply. She will have notic...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

9: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Str...

I shall be brief in speaking to this group of amendments because we have discussed at some length...

My Lords, I have Amendment 10 in this group. Again, as in the previous debate, my noble friend Lo...

My Lords, again we have a wide range of amendments in this group. I shall focus on the issues tha...

My noble friend has just said that the matter has not been raised. I have been looking through th...

At this point, I cannot remember the exact location of each item, but I will go back. However, we...

I very much support the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin. The Minister is right; we have...

I now have a reply, thanks to that helpful intervention and the time associated with it. Clause 3...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response. We must recognise that she has moved a ...

Moved by

Baroness Kramer

12: Schedule 1, page 59, line 17, at end insert—

“Parl...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

15: Clause 2, page 2, line 25, at end insert—

“( ) The str...

My Lords, I shall speak also to the other amendments standing in my name in this group. In doing ...

My Lords, I support my noble friend on this group of amendments. I will briefly develop his theme...

My Lords, I have listened to the argument with interest and some incredulity. Seeking to compare ...

My Lords, I pay tribute to the Government for having listened carefully to what was said in Commi...

My Lords, on the previous grouping, I was pleased to make it clear that the Government have taken...

My Lords, I shall not reply on the wider issues of the role of the monitor, in which debate on th...

I do not disagree with the single word of what the noble Lord has just said about what should be ...

My Lords, in all areas of safety and liability, there may be contributions by many factors. Frequ...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

16: Clause 2, page 2, line 25, at end insert—

“( ) Before ...

My Lords, Amendment 16 is about the relationship between the new company and the other highways a...

My Lords, I should like to speak briefly in support of this amendment, to which I have lent my na...

My Lords, I have a feeling that the noble Lords who have spoken have not taken account of what is...

My Lords, I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Davies, appreciates that we are pouring unprec...

My Lords, I think, whatever the realities and wherever they are reflected, they are not reflected...

My Lords, I will not be able to speak again on this amendment. I may not have been very clear but...

My Lords, I appreciate that aspect of it. I hope, therefore, that what the noble Baroness comes f...

Moved by

Baroness Kramer

19: Clause 3, page 3, line 12, at end insert—

“(4A) In...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

25: Schedule 2, page 71, line 19, at end insert—

“Format...

I speak briefly on this amendment. We are in Schedule 2, Part 1 now. It suggests that there need ...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to the amendment. We recognise that what the noble Lord is seeking...

I am grateful to the Minister for that short reply. I shall read it with interest, but it sounds ...

Moved by

Baroness Kramer

28: Schedule 2, page 72, line 11, at end insert—

“(1A)...

Moved by

Baroness Kramer

32: Clause 5, leave out Clause 5

My Lords, in Committee my noble friend Lord Bradshaw raised the question of the power to fine the...

My Lords, I will speak to one or two of the other amendments in the group, and hope that the Mini...

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 33, which asks the watchdog to look after the interests of cyclist...

My Lords, I begin by addressing Amendment 49, which relates back to my original amendments on cha...