"I will speak to Amendments 116 and 117A to 117G in the name of my noble friend Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. Amendment 116 probes the Government’s intentions around these powers, particularly in relation to key route networks and traffic regulation orders. As drafted, the Bill would allow mayors to …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"My Lords, I apologise to noble Lords for not being at Second Reading, but I care deeply about these issues. Amendments 104A and 105A seek to ensure that, when we talk about micromobility vehicles in this Bill, we do not inadvertently exclude those used for delivery services. These services are …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"That is really interesting, is it not? I am sure the Minister will tell us exactly what all that means.
I am one of those people who challenge people who park on the pavement. Just recently, I saw a huge van parked all the way across a pavement. I went …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"I thank the noble Lord for his answers to my concern about micromobility delivery vehicles. I think I heard the conditional in his words about them, so “could” rather than “would”. I will read Hansard very carefully and then come back to him, perhaps in a Corridor somewhere or on …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"I think there were some pilots of privately owned e-scooters. Have the results of those come through? Have they been published?..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 118A, 118B, 119A and 119B in the name of my noble friend Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. I will come to Amendment 120F in a moment.
These four amendments look at how this Bill divides responsibility between strategic authorities and local highway authorities …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"My Lords, I got around to reading all these amendments only today, and I was quite impressed. I felt that in some ways this is your Lordships’ House at its best, because this is all from personal experience. People are talking about something they know very intimately and can therefore …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"My Lords, the conditions described in the Oral Question are a result of climate change. The fact is that climate change is going to hit infrastructure—roads, railways and homes —in Yorkshire, and everywhere else globally, very hard. Is Defra explaining to the Treasury exactly how disastrous it would be to …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech