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Local Transport Bill [HL]

If I were in the Minister’s position, I would make exactly the same speech. She is quite right that the LEZ is the responsibility of the Mayor, but I believe that I am also right that the Secretary of State has the power to exempt certain vehicles. The Minister said that private HGVs emit as much per kilometre as HGVs taxed as goods vehicles. I have to be honest and say that the vehicles that I am talking about probably emit slightly more, and maybe in some cases considerably more, because we are talking about quite old vehicles. The same applies to recovery vehicles and special vehicles; they will emit more. My point is that the amount that they are used is so small that it will not have any effect on the problem. The objective of the LEZ is that all those delivery vehicles coming into London will be clean. They are coming in every single day, delivering to businesses in London. I am talking about a vehicle that might come in once a year for the London to Brighton run, or the person who is unfortunate enough to live in the LEZ. I hope that the Minister has listened carefully to what I have said. I congratulate her on her speech, because I would have said exactly the same thing. I will return to it, but in the mean time, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 108 agreed to. Schedule 6 agreed to. Clause 109 [Powers of the National Assembly for Wales]: On Question, Whether Clause 109 shall stand part of the Bill?