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1723887

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support the bus industry when the £2 bus fare cap comes to an end on 31 December.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2024 answer text <p>Delivering reliable and affordable public transport services for passengers is one of the Government’s top priorities and we know how important this is for passengers and for local growth. The Government is urgently considering the most effective and affordable ways to deliver on these objectives.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 08/08/2024 15:14:23 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1723888

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Buses: Manufacturing Industries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of competition from China on the UK’s bus manufacturing industry; and what steps they are taking to prevent unfair competition.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>The impact of competition from overseas manufacturing on the UK's bus manufacturing industry continues to be monitored. The UK bus manufacturing industry has been successful in winning most of the orders for the zero emission bus regional areas (ZEBRA) programme.</p><p>Where UK industry believe that they are being injured as the result of unfair foreign trading practices, such as dumped or subsidised imports, they can apply to the Trade Remedies Authority as the UK's independent body responsible for the conduct of trade remedy investigations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 01/08/2024 10:54:07 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1723889

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Agriculture: Land
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that high-quality agricultural land is protected from other development proposals to ensure food security.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/08/2024 answer text <p>This Government places great importance upon our agricultural land and food production. The National Planning Policy Framework sets out how the best and most versatile agricultural land should be reflected in planning policies and decisions. The Framework is also clear that where significant development of agricultural land is demonstrated to be necessary, areas of poorer quality land should be preferred to those of a higher quality.</p> answering member printed Baroness Taylor of Stevenage question first answered 09/08/2024 11:30:43 answering member 4956 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1722327

registered interest
date	19/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to adopt a strategy for improving road safety.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government has announced that it intends to publish a new Strategic Framework for Road Safety, the first in over a decade. Work is already underway on this.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 24/07/2024 14:46:44 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1722328

registered interest
date	19/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Money
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what action they intend to take to ensure that businesses trading on a cash-only basis are paying the required tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to creating a level playing field for all sectors by ensuring that everyone pays the right amount of tax at the right time. Like all other businesses, those which exclusively accept cash must meet their tax obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Cash is a legitimate means of paying for goods and services, but sometimes cash payments/transactions are used to deliberately facilitate tax evasion.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s approach to tax evasion aims to tackle current non-compliance and change future behaviours. Their activities include national campaigns and specialist task forces that incorporate intensive bursts of targeted activity in high risk trade sectors and locations across the UK. HMRC also work with customer groups and third parties, such as other local and central Government agencies, to reduce error and fraud within these sectors. This includes providing customer education highlighting the importance of keeping accurate records.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC take reports of suspected tax evasion seriously and operate a confidential Fraud Hotline.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to consider options to tackle cash-facilitated evasion.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 29/07/2024 09:47:36 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1722329

registered interest
date	19/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Office of Rail and Road
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether any legislation they introduce regarding railways will include a review of the duties and powers of the Office of the Road and Rail Regulator, and how those duties and powers are being used.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>As part of preparing for the introduction of the Railways Bill, the Department will review the powers and duties of the Office of Rail and Road that relate to rail. We expect ORR's role in safety regulation and in monitoring National Highways to continue.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 31/07/2024 16:02:47 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1722330

registered interest
date	19/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to ensure that private bus operators who provide a good service retain a viable role following any review of bus regulation.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is committed to working at pace with bus operators, local transport authorities and passengers to deliver on the government’s plan for better bus services. For local areas who choose to franchise their bus services, operators will have the opportunity to bid for contracts to run services. The assessment of those bids to determine which local bus operators can best deliver the contracts will be for the franchising authority to conduct. Local transport authorities operating enhanced partnerships rather than franchising to deliver their bus services will continue to work collaboratively with their operators to ensure that standards are improved and maintained as required.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 02/08/2024 12:17:16 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1722331

registered interest
date	19/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Safety Measures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to prevent local authorities from taking measures to reduce traffic congestion in their areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintaining and renewing the road network, to ensure it serves drivers, cyclists, pedestrians and other road users.</p><p>Responsibility for traffic management on local roads rests with local traffic authorities. They have a statutory duty, under the Traffic Management Act 2004, to manage their networks with the aim of ‘securing the expeditious movement of traffic’, including the reduction of congestion and other disruption.</p><p>Local authorities already have a wide range of tools available to help them achieve this. As such, they are free to make decisions about what is needed on their roads, provided they take account of the relevant legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 30/07/2024 09:34:40 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1722332

registered interest
date	19/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Infrastructure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the assessment criteria used to forecast the results of investment in railway infrastructure.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The Department has a long-standing and established appraisal framework within Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG), which is aligned with HM Treasury Green Book on conducting welfare-based cost-benefit analysis to support a business case. Whilst this framework does not provide specific assessment criteria, it does provide general guidance on forecasting, estimating and assessing the costs and benefits of transport interventions, including railway infrastructure enhancements.</p><p>The Department continuously reviews its appraisal framework, through the TAG orderly release process, to improve the robustness of guidance provided and to reflect new research, trends and evaluation evidence. This typically involves a twice-yearly update to guidance, during Spring and Autumn.</p><p>Regarding railway infrastructure investment, the Department are actively considering research carried out by the Institute for Transport Studies, on behalf of the Rail Safety and Standards Board, and plan to bring forward improvements to associated guidance in the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 31/07/2024 13:36:46 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1718941

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line: Timetables
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 13 May (HL4207), what impact the rigidity of the Network Code has had on the revision of train timetables on the East Coast Main Line; and what consideration they have given to instructing the parties, including the Office of Rail and Road, to revise the code to enable a satisfactory timetable to be delivered.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The industry steering group that oversees timetable introduction concluded that there were too many outstanding issues to have confidence that the new East Coast Main Line timetable can be delivered robustly in December 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Timetable production and access rights issues are governed by Network Rail’s Network Code, which is regulated by the ORR as the independent regulator to the rail industry. We expect the rail industry to work through these issues in order to deliver the upgraded timetable and realise the benefits of £4bn investment in track and train on the East Coast Main Line.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 24/05/2024 08:29:11 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw