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100049

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the long-term access rights for Grand Central on the East Coast Main Line require them to pay the same access charge as Intercity East Coast; and, if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL2255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Grand Central will not pay the same access charges as Intercity East Coast as Open Access Operators do not pay Fixed Track Access Charges (FTAC). However, both Franchised and Open Access Operators pay Variable Track Access Charges (VTAC) since these are set to reflect the direct ‘wear and tear’ costs that train services impose on the network when they are run.</p><p> </p><p>For Control Period 5 (CP5) the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has held <ins class="ministerial">the Capacity Charge element of VTAC at CP4 levels for services currently run by existing passenger Open Access Operators, however they will pay CP5 rates for any additional or new services whilst any new entrant Open Access Operator will pay CP4 rates on services below a set threshold and CP5 rates on services above that threshold. </ins><del class="ministerial">Open Access (both passenger and freight) VTAC at CP4 levels, whilst</del> Franchised Operators pay the new, higher CP5 rates<del class="ministerial">.</del> <ins class="ministerial">for both existing and new services.　 However, this is the only element of VTAC that is calculated on a different basis.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 28/10/2014 15:24:42 question first ministerially corrected 12/01/2015 16:11:35 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer previous answer version 24717 answering member printed Baroness Kramer answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

42935

registered interest
date	13/03/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of their plans to introduce new electrified railway lines between Manchester and Liverpool in December, whether they have taken into account the availability of electric trains as part of their negotiations to procure rolling stock.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL6000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>As announced today (27 March) the Department for Transport has granted a Direct Award to Northern for 22 months and is working with them to ensure rolling stock is available for a phased rollout of electric services between Liverpool and Manchester from the December 2014 timetable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department takes account of availability of electric rolling stock in its decisions and the stock for this route will be modern, cascaded stock from other routes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

605505

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Bus Services: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent by the Competition and Markets Authority conducting investigations into the bus industry, including fees paid to consultants and legal fees, over the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL2425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was formed in 2014 after the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission were merged. It has the function to carry out investigations into sectors where there is risk of anti-competitive behaviour.</p><p>Since its inception in 2014, the CMA has carried out five Phase 1 merger investigations into the bus industry. The estimated cost for these investigations was £308,229.55. The Government does not hold information on the cost of individual investigations undertaken by the Office of Fair Trading or the Competition Commission.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/10/2016 16:45:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

605506

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Bus Services: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many investigations have been conducted by the Competition and Markets Authority into the bus industry over the last 10 years and how the total number compares to other sectors in the transport industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL2426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>In the last ten years there were 43 investigations involving bus companies, 15 for rail, 11 for airports, 2 for trams, 1 for cars and 1 other.</p><p>These figures include investigations carried out by the Competition and Markets Authority’s predecessors (the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission).</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/10/2016 16:45:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

606203

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Northern Rail Franchise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 19 October (HL2257), how much has been spent by departments other than the Department for Transport.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL2443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>There has been no further expenditure made by any other ministerial department into the Competition and Markets Authority inquiry regarding the overlap between Arriva buses and Arriva Trains.</p><p> </p><p>As an independent non-ministerial department, the CMA is responsible for merger inquiries. In this role, it has spent approximately £480k (including staff time, legal fees and consulting fees) investigating the acquisition of the Northern rail franchise by Arriva Rail North Ltd. It is not possible to establish what proportion of this figure was spent on the assessment of the overlap between Arriva Buses and Arriva Trains.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/10/2016 12:33:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

678177

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Trading Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the ability of trading standards organisations to address consumer protection problems, including fraud; and whether they intend to increase the powers of such organisations to address those problems.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering carefully the findings of the National Audit Office’s recent report “Protecting Consumers from Scams, Unfair Trading and Unsafe Goods”, published in December 2016. National Trading Standards already work closely with the Home Office Joint Fraud Taskforce to promote closer cooperation between industry, law enforcement and Government in order to protect the public from fraud.</p><p> </p><p>The consumer protection regime will be further examined in the Consumer Green Paper to be published in spring 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 01/02/2017 16:27:20 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

685337

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Consumers: Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 1 February (HL4906), whether the Consumer Green Paper will address the level of staffing in local authorities which is deemed sufficient to enforce consumer protection.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>Dangerous goods, poor quality services and criminal scams damage consumer confidence and legitimate businesses – a strong protection system benefits everyone.</p><p>There has been significant progress to improve coordination of consumer protection since 2011 but more needs to be done, particularly in light of the reductions in resource at local authorities. We are examining the consumer protection regime and will consider proposals for the Consumer Green Paper in Spring 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 14/02/2017 14:15:49 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

747365

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 14 February (HL5241), whether the Consumer Green Paper has been published.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will in due course publish a Green Paper that will examine markets which are not working fairly for consumers.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/07/2017 10:44:01 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

832865

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to take a decision on whether to proceed with the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project; what factors they will take into account in taking that decision; and what further evidence they require to allow them to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>In coming to any decision on the role of tidal lagoons in the UK’s energy mix, the Government needs to consider how this technology delivers against its priorities, as set out in the Clean Growth Strategy and Industrial Strategy, of reducing emissions and protecting UK businesses and households from high energy costs.</p><p> </p><p>This will ensure that the Government response to the Hendry Review takes into account the best interests of the UK as a whole and represents value for money for the UK taxpayer and the consumer.</p><p> </p><p>A Government response to the Hendry Review will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/02/2018 17:06:54 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

845393

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will consider and respond to relevant parts of the (1) Clean Growth Strategy, (2) Industrial Strategy, and (3) Hendry Review, in order that a decision is reached on progressing the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>In coming to any decision on the proposed Swansea Bay tidal lagoon, the Government is currently assessing the Hendry Review and considering how this technology delivers against its priorities, as set out in the Clean Growth Strategy and the Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>This will ensure that the response to the Hendry Review takes into account the best interests of the UK as a whole and represents value for money for the UK taxpayer and the consumer.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/03/2018 15:09:46 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw