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My Lords, will my noble friend confirm that any trains currently on the west coast cross-country route between Birmingham and Scotland via Preston will terminate at Birmingham so that anybody wishing to go beyond Birmingham southwards to Brighton, Bournemouth or the West Country would have to change in Birmingham, as is my understanding? Surely that will increase the congestion of people in the rather nasty Birmingham station we have at the moment rather than reduce it.
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Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
7 November 2006
Reference
686 c644
House
House of Lords

My Lords, the Minister gave a masterful defence. Because the Government do not want to do something, he and his officials have done a wonderful trawl of 150 reasons why it should not happen. I am sure that those reasons are all true, and I commend him for the detail...

Member
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 November 2006
Reference
686 c670
House
House of Lords

Whether they are able to provide information on passenger train cancellations and delays broken down by (a) day of week; (b) route; and (c) franchise.

Asked by
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 November 2006
Reference
8135; 686 c144-5WA
House
House of Lords

Further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport on 2 November (HC Deb, 567W) on train services on the upgraded west coast main line, and further to the Written Answer by the Lord Davies of Oldham on 26 October (WA 259), why they are not...

Asked by
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 November 2006
Reference
8134; 686 c143-4WA
House
House of Lords
My Lords, one has to take away one’s supermarket goods in some form of container and there was a time when people could use the cardboard boxes in which goods were delivered to the supermarket. In his discussions with supermarkets, will the Minister urge them to make those cardboard boxes available? I believe that they have been withdrawn generally because they are said to be a fire risk.
Asked by
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
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Answered
Date
2 November 2006
Reference
686 c401
House
House of Lords
My Lords, when a new transport link gets built—such as Crossrail, which is in proximity to the site for the Olympics—and people who live in the vicinity find the values of their house doubling or trebling, as has already happened around Stratford, would it not be reasonable for the community to get some of that benefit rather than the windfall all falling on the lucky owner?
Asked by
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
2 November 2006
Reference
686 c405-6
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I know of a case involving a particular train driver. One of his kids was ill. He was driving a train and he had forgotten to switch off his mobile phone. He got a call from the hospital. An inspector was with him in the cab. The driver...

Member
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
1 November 2006
Reference
686 c342-3
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I have listened carefully to some of the speakers on the Opposition Benches. I take from this that the definition of ““careless”” is that it is just a momentary lapse; that it does not really matter; that we are all careless at some stages in our lives; and...

Member
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
1 November 2006
Reference
686 c342
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend for the Commons amendments on level crossings. We have had long discussions about them and I think that they are really good. I am pleased about the way in which Network Rail has accepted them and I am sure that it will...

Member
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
1 November 2006
Reference
686 c356
House
House of Lords
My Lords, does my noble friend accept that, although the conservation of the seabed is very important, the viability of our ports is also important? Ports need to dredge the seabed to get the big ships in. Can he ensure that the conservation requirements on those ports as regards dredging are not so stringent and strenuous as to prevent them from operating as they should be able to with ships of a reasonable depth?
Asked by
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
31 October 2006
Reference
686 c154
House
House of Lords

Whether they will renegotiate the franchise agreement with Great North Eastern Railways if the company fails to comply with its franchise commitment to operate two trains per hour between London and Leeds.

Asked by
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
31 October 2006
Reference
7735; 686 c21WA
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I welcome this Statement by my noble friend. Perhaps I may concentrate on transport, which is my interest. Does he agree that there is going to be a strong need to change behaviour and the way in which people and goods travel by road, rail, air, sea and...

Member
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
30 October 2006
Reference
686 c81
House
House of Lords

My Lords, the Minister is very good on the processes that he proposes and has talked a lot about whims, but the mere threat of a change to a regulator is enough to stop investment. This is true of Crossrail. I know that Crossrail is in a Bill, not an...

Member
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2006
Reference
685 c1350-1
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment because I believe, as the two previous speakers have said, that the question of independent regulation is fundamental not only to regulating monopolies but to attracting private finance. I shall speak mainly about the railways, because that is what I...

Member
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2006
Reference
685 c1345-6
House
House of Lords

For each four-week control period in the past year, what proportion of Central Trains Sunday services were operated.

Asked by
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 October 2006
Reference
7734; 685 c259WA
House
House of Lords

Following the recent announcement that the Hindhead bypass and tunnel will now cost£371 million compared with £107 million in 2001, whether they are taking any action to improve the accuracy of their cost estimating of trunk road schemes.

Asked by
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 October 2006
Reference
7680; 685 c252WA
House
House of Lords

My Lords, this has been an interesting debate and noble Lords opposite have raised the question of when the Secretary of State must do something and when he may do something. Coventry has been repeatedly mentioned by noble Lords. If someone complained about the noise at Coventry, who would that...

Member
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
25 October 2006
Reference
685 c1227-8
House
House of Lords

Further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Transport, Mr Alistair Darling, on 19 July 2005 (Official Report, House of Commons, cols. 71-4WS) in which they announced that they would provide clear guidance if and when the level of freight charges was reviewed by the Office of...

Asked by
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 October 2006
Reference
685 c233WA; 7679
House
House of Lords

Which industries are included within the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations.

Asked by
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 October 2006
Reference
685 c233WA; 7682
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for that Answer. Does he agree that the problem outside London is that local authorities contribute sometimes quite large sums of money to subsidise bus services but have no control over service provision or charges? I welcome the latest review on buses. The Secretary of State for Transport recently said that there would possibly be some legislation in the next Session. Will my noble friend ensure that one of the options in the review will be for local authorities to franchise bus services, rather as they do trains? That would not only bring in competition but enable local authorities to have some control of where and when buses go and how much the charges are.
Asked by
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
24 October 2006
Reference
685 c1079-80
House
House of Lords