Pedicabs (London) Bill [HL]
Monday, 11 December 2023
Bills
House of Lords
Moved by
Lord Berkeley
1: Clause 1, page 1, line 2, leave out “Transport for London” ...
This is a long group of amendments but, in my case, they all say the same thing, which is probabl...
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My Lords, my name is attached to two amendments in this group. Amendment 2 is a probing amendment...
My Lords, my contribution to this group of amendments is in having given notice of my intention t...
My Lords, in this exciting ideological divide I find myself, curiously, much on the same side as ...
My Lords, I declared my interests in full at Second Reading. I declare them again, only as they a...
My Lords, I find myself, in my position speaking for the Opposition, in favour of devolution on t...
I did not say that.
The noble Baroness did.
I did not—at least, I did not intend to imply that.
In that case, I apologise, but I agree completely with what the noble Baroness said. I disagree w...
My Lords, I am grateful for noble Lords’ consideration of the Bill and very much welcome the scru...
The only real justification the Minister offered for Parliament retaining this degree of control ...
My Lords, it might be helpful if I briefly ask my noble friend a question. As I understand it, st...
In the interests of efficiency, before the Minister replies, I will get in a third intervention b...
In answer to the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, I can only repeat that convention dictates that only Mi...
My Lords, I am grateful to all Members of the Committee who have spoken to this group of amendmen...
Moved by
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
3: Clause 1, page 1, line 7, after “passengers” ...
My Lords, in moving Amendment 3, I shall also speak to Amendment 4 in my name. The objective of b...
My Lords, I warmly support these amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay of St ...
My Lords, this is a changing scenario. As the vehicles change slightly in how they are powered an...
My Lords, it is our earnest hope that the Government listen carefully to the common sense of the ...
My Lords, this second group of amendments focuses on the definition of a pedicab. I will open my ...
I am rather thrown by what the Minister said at the end of his remarks, which implied that he tho...
For clarification, the Bill’s provision might feasibly capture instances where there is a formal ...
What is wrong with the amendment suggested by the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, to remove the word...
“Hire or reward” is a recognised legal term in taxi and private hire vehicle regulations. The Bil...
My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have supported my attempt to clarify matters. Having s...
Moved by
Lord Berkeley
7: Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out “whoever it considers ...
My Lords, we are on to the third group and I will speak to Amendments 7 and 9 in my name. To some...
My Lords, I have tabled a stand part notice in this group. First, I will support my noble friend ...
My Lords, first, I apologise for not being present at Second Reading.
I have added my name ...
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 12, which seeks to give TfL some help and guidance. In my ...
My Lords, I speak only to pick up the point that my noble friend Lord Leigh made a moment ago on ...
My Lords, I back up the call from the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, to try to persuade the Government to...
My Lords, as the Committee knows, I am supportive of this Bill because it brings in provision for...
My Lords, by keeping on extending the trials, the Government are in effect implicitly making e-sc...
I agree. Their legal use is being made possible by stealth, basically. That is why people continu...
My Lords, I support this little debate that we are having, in particular the comments made by the...
My Lords, this has been a very significant debate. My contribution to this group is Amendment 48,...
My Lords, before I get on to the points in this group on e-scooters and e-bikes, including the cl...
My Lords, this third group of amendments has covered a range of policy matters. I will again ende...
The Minister said that they operate in London—what is the definition of London? I met some people...
I venture to suggest to the noble Lord that this is a matter for Transport for London when it for...
That being the case, is there any instruction, guidance or request that the Government can make o...
It is a matter for the police to administer in terms of any offences that may be caused, but I ta...
The Minister mentioned a forthcoming consultation on e-scooters. I realise that this is a difficu...
I understand the strength of feeling. I will certainly ensure that we write with any information ...
I apologise for forgetting to mention that amendment in my speech. What made us put it forward is...
I understand where the noble Lord is coming from but I am afraid that it does not alter my respon...
Amendment 47 has nothing to do with e-bikes or e-scooters; it is about power-assisted pedicabs. I...
I take the noble Lord’s point; I will have to come back to him in writing on that.
I turn t...
My Lords, when the Minister comes to address Amendment 47 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Ber...
I apologise for not addressing that but I will ensure that it is addressed in letter form.
My Lords, we have had a wide-ranging debate on this group of amendments. I am sure that we all ha...
Moved by
Baroness Randerson
11: Clause 2, page 1, line 18, leave out subsection (2)
My Lords, Amendment 11 is in my name. I want to preface my remarks by making it absolutely clear ...
My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 17 and 18, in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady ...
My Lords, I will pursue some of the issues I raised in the debate on a previous group of amendmen...
My Lords, I lend my support to Amendment 17 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, an...
My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 17 and 18 about noise, but I do not think that there...
My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 18, which I am speaking to in the absence of my noble frie...
My Lords, a great diversity of points has been raised on this group of amendments, most of which ...
Before my noble friend leaves that point, can I ask him whether he would like to see the same rul...
In principle, I personally do not see why not.
It is not necessarily our policy though.
Frankly, I have no idea what our policy is on this subject, but I am personally in favour of char...
My Lords, this fourth group covers operational matters. I will now address each amendment in the ...
My Lords, I am hugely grateful to my noble friend for what he just said and welcome it very much....
My noble friend raises a very valid point and something that we will take into account.
Ame...
I thank the Minister for his detailed response. We have had plenty of detail, which we can think ...
Moved by
Lord Berkeley
28: Clause 2, page 2, line 34, leave out subsection (10)
My Lords, I shall be brief. Amendment 28 in my name is a probing amendment because I do not under...
My Lords, this is the first chance I have had to speak in this debate as I was involved in other ...
My Lords, clearly the enforcement of the provisions of the Bill and the consequent regulations, h...
My Lords, I will follow up on the points about enforcement and penalties. I hear very much what t...
My Lords, we come to the final group of amendments, focusing on enforcement. Amendment 28, in the...
I hear what the Minister says about the impounding of pedicabs and things like that. It may be qu...
I hear what the noble Lord says, but I am not sure that it should be proportionate. If he is conc...
Before the noble Lord sits down, I thank him for his comprehensive response, which we can examine...
I understand the noble Lord’s concern. It is something that we will discuss back in the departmen...
I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken on this fifth group of amendments. We have had s...
Moved by
Lord Davies of Gower
43: Clause 5, page 4, line 19, at end insert “(and for ...
We come to Amendment 44.
We wish to oppose this amendment.
At page 143, paragraph 8.111 of the Companion says:
“The proceedings and forms of words for...
Can we adjourn the Committee for a moment, please?
7.02 pm
Moved by
Lord Davies of Gower
50: Clause 7, page 5, line 2, at end insert—
““tr...