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Debates on delegated legislation on Tuesday, 9 February 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Faulkner of Worcester.

Rail Vehicle Accessibility (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2010

Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2010. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
717 c184-92GC 
Session
2009-10
Department
Department for Transport
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c184GC (Link to this contribution) That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Rail Vehicle Accessibilit...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c184-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this House has always demonstrated a keen interest in the accessibility of rail vehicles, ...
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Baroness Hanham | 717 c190GC (Link to this contribution) I was referring to the contract that must at the moment be in place for the new trains and for the i...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c190GC (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the noble Baroness for misunderstanding her. I thought that she was asking about the ...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c191-2GC (Link to this contribution) I certainly did not wish to imply that the noble Baroness had not understood the details. It is obvi...
Baroness Hanham | 717 c187-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by thanking the Minister for his clear introduction of the order. I should say imm...
Baroness Hanham | 717 c189GC (Link to this contribution) What contractual constraints are on the company to deliver by 2020? Presumably, conditions are attac...
Lord Bradshaw | 717 c190GC (Link to this contribution) Would the Minister clarify that? We are talking principally about the Metropolitan line, where there...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c190GC (Link to this contribution) I think that the noble Baroness was referring to the compliance of the national railway.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c190GC (Link to this contribution) I think that the noble Baroness may be misunderstanding one of the elements in the order. The order ...
Baroness Hanham | 717 c190-1GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should not like Hansard to indicate that I had not understood what the order was about. ...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c189GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to both noble Lords for their contributions. We now have a happy tradit...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c189GC (Link to this contribution) Yes, the penalties are in the legislation and the requirement to make vehicles compliant is part of ...
Baroness Hanham | 717 c190GC (Link to this contribution) Will the date be met? The tension I am trying to get at is that we have these exemptions coming in. ...
Lord Bradshaw | 717 c191GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness is right to press this matter. From my understanding, there is no contractual obl...
Lord Bradshaw | 717 c188GC (Link to this contribution) We, too, support the order. In many respects the railway outside London is very old, as is much of i...
Subjects
Access Disability Disability aids Exemptions Railway stations London Underground Rolling stock Metropolitan line Information services
Legislation
Rail Vehicle Accessibility (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2010
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