Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for his amendments.

Amendment 7 considers th...

My Lords, will the Minister state at the Dispatch Box not that there should be a public consultat...

In response to the noble Lord, I do not see those circumstances arising. However, I will take the...

I note that the Minister has not been able to give that commitment. With that, I beg leave to wit...

Moved by

Lord Moylan

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

“(1AA) Every ...

My Lords, I think we are getting to the point where every question has the same answer, which is ...

My Lords, I did not speak at Second Reading, but I often speak on issues around public investment...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for his Amendment 8, which would require public sector opera...

I have not said that a move to public operation would reduce investment, nor have I argued it eit...

I thank the noble Lord for his intervention. I did not say that he had made the assertion; I was ...

I asked the Minister to tell me how we can isolate, to some degree, consistent investment decisio...

A coherent guiding mind is far more likely to produce a long-term business plan for the railway t...

My Lords, I come away from each of the Minister’s responses slightly more baffled and frustrated ...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

11: Clause 2, page 2, line 21, at end insert—

“(1D) The ...

I rise to move Amendment 11 and to speak to the other two amendments in this group. This is very ...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 18 in my name, which proposes the creation of an inde...

My Lords, I express some degree of surprise that my noble friend Lord Berkeley has tabled this am...

My Lords, as Liberal Democrats, we recognise that ultimately passengers do not really care who ru...

In speaking to these amendments, I say first that I thought the speech just made by the noble Bar...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for his kind words. I would just refer him to the proposed new cl...

In response, I say only that seven would be a fantastically tiny number compared to the number of...

I thank my noble friend Lord Berkeley for his Amendment 11, regarding rest-day working. Rest-day ...

Before the noble Lord sits down, can I ask a question in reference to the fact that the Minister ...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, for her intervention. In fact, I did not say that the...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who took part in this short debate. My amendment ...