Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

My Lords, I find myself in a somewhat embarrassing position, so far as this amendment is concerne...

My Lords, I am delighted to speak to Amendment 16, on devolution of the railway, an issue dear to...

These are my first amendments in this new Parliament. It is a real pleasure to be speaking on tra...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 34 in my name, which would allow franchises to be led by loc...

My Lords, I have Amendment 36 in this group, which has exactly the same purpose as the amendments...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Snape’s Amendment 43 and will speak to many of the other...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Moylan on Amendments 12 and 13 and I echo some of the gr...

Before the noble Lord ruins entirely my career, such as it is, with his praise, I must tell him t...

I do not know what the protocol is but I find it novel, if I may say so, that the noble Lord oppo...

My Lords, I too welcome the Minister and the whole debate on the Bill, including notably those Me...

Me?

Yes, there was the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, my noble friend Lord Moylan and myself, in the rol...

My Lords, I support the intention of the amendments in this group. There is one amendment in the ...

My Lords, I remind noble Lords that the Bill is, in my view at least, narrowly focused on allowin...

I would be grateful if the Minister answered a couple of questions arising from the statement he ...

I thank my noble friend for his intervention. I do not disagree with him at all: those railway se...

My Lords, I start with a brief apology to the noble Lord, Lord Snape, for not having signed his a...

If we are going to meet to discuss these future amendments, grubby deals or otherwise, better in ...

There is the basis of a grubby deal, I suppose, but I am sure it will be done on an equal, Dutch,...

Moved by

Lord Hamilton of Epsom

14A: Clause 2, page 2, line 21, at end insert—

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My Lords, I must first apologise to the Committee: I was not here for the Second Reading, because...

I will briefly respond to the proposals from the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton, and ask both him and ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, and I agree with every word she said. I ...

My Lords, I will briefly offer my support for my noble friend Lord Hamilton of Epsom’s Amendment ...

My Lords, I am not accustomed to making speeches on technological matters but, on this occasion, ...

From my experience on the then Automated Vehicles Bill, there is a person who watches various veh...

My Lords, I was going to come to a point relating to that. I am sure that what the noble Baroness...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton of Epsom, for this amendment, which would require...

My Lords, I am most grateful to everybody who has contributed to this debate. I point out that my...

Moved by

Baroness Brinton

17: Clause 2, page 2, line 23, at end insert—

“30ZA S...

My Lords, I declare my interests as a vice-president of the Local Government Association and of t...

My Lords, I apologise for not being able to be in the Chamber at the start of proceedings at Seco...

My Lords, I would like to say that it is a pleasure to follow the two noble Baronesses but actual...

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register.

I support Amendment 17, in the...

My Lords, this has been a very depressing debate—listening to the terrible problems that many nob...

My Lords, I believe this is the most important group of amendments today because it has passenger...

My Lords, we have heard some very powerful and moving speeches, based on their own personal exper...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for the remarks that he has just made. He talks of delay and...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken to this group of amendments. I thank the noble ...