My Lords, I declare at the outset that I live in rural Devon and own a small farm.

This House has a great deal of experience and expertise in farming and rural affairs, as demonstrated in the debate. However, I lament the experience that has been lost with the departure of...

My Lords, I declare at the outset that I live in rural Devon and own a small farm.

This House has a great deal of experience and expertise in farming and rural affairs, as demonstrated in the debate. However, I lament the experience that has been lost with the departure of...

My Lords, I do not have any argument with the Government over their laudable environmental and other objectives in bringing forward these regulations, but I have a question that is really to do with the physics of the matter. We know that kinetic energy is a key, or perhaps the...

My Lords, I do not have any argument with the Government over their laudable environmental and other objectives in bringing forward these regulations, but I have a question that is really to do with the physics of the matter. We know that kinetic energy is a key, or perhaps the...

My Lords, I was not making that point at all. I was saying that if the noble Lord’s ministerial car broke down at a roundabout and he was hit from behind by a 3.5 tonne vehicle and a colleague was hit by a 4.25 tonne vehicle, the latter would involve...

My Lords, I was not making that point at all. I was saying that if the noble Lord’s ministerial car broke down at a roundabout and he was hit from behind by a 3.5 tonne vehicle and a colleague was hit by a 4.25 tonne vehicle, the latter would involve...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the condition of road infrastructure.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the condition of road infrastructure.

My Lords, I say at the outset that I very much welcome the Bill. The Government are indeed to be commended for making a start—it is really only a start—on the creation of a regulatory framework for the operation of autonomous vehicles and for enhancing the infrastructure to support electric...

My Lords, I say at the outset that I very much welcome the Bill. The Government are indeed to be commended for making a start—it is really only a start—on the creation of a regulatory framework for the operation of autonomous vehicles and for enhancing the infrastructure to support electric...

My Lords, I ask the Minister what sanction is applicable in the case where the registered owner of a vehicle does not hold a driving licence and cannot therefore incur penalty points. It could be someone, for example, whose Rolls-Royce motor car was registered to them, and who had a...

My Lords, I ask the Minister what sanction is applicable in the case where the registered owner of a vehicle does not hold a driving licence and cannot therefore incur penalty points. It could be someone, for example, whose Rolls-Royce motor car was registered to them, and who had a...

I am not quite sure whether the Minister has finished his remarks, but could he answer the point raised by my noble friend Lord Lyell and myself: what if the person who is not disclosing the information is either someone who does not hold the driving licence or a body...

I am not quite sure whether the Minister has finished his remarks, but could he answer the point raised by my noble friend Lord Lyell and myself: what if the person who is not disclosing the information is either someone who does not hold the driving licence or a body...

The noble Lord makes a fine point, but it is not the one I raised. What if the person who declines to provide the information does not have a driving licence? Points cannot be applied to a person who does not have, or has never had, a driving licence. What...

The noble Lord makes a fine point, but it is not the one I raised. What if the person who declines to provide the information does not have a driving licence? Points cannot be applied to a person who does not have, or has never had, a driving licence. What...

The fact is that the current speed limit of 70 miles an hour is in disrepute because it is so widely ignored by motorists. I note that the percentage of traffic that breaks the 70 miles an hour limit is quoted at 20 per cent. I should have thought that...

The fact is that the current speed limit of 70 miles an hour is in disrepute because it is so widely ignored by motorists. I note that the percentage of traffic that breaks the 70 miles an hour limit is quoted at 20 per cent. I should have thought that...

Whether HMG are satisfied that the Highways Agency is fulfilling its obligation under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to keep its road network clean, in respect of the A.11, A.12 and A.14 trunk roads and M.11 motorway respectively; when these roads were last cleared of litter; and when they are...

Whether HMG are satisfied that the Highways Agency is fulfilling its obligation under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to keep its road network clean, in respect of the A.11, A.12 and A.14 trunk roads and M.11 motorway respectively; when these roads were last cleared of litter; and when they are...

What is the total cost of all longer-term road schemes which were withdrawn on 26 November 1996 and what percentage that represented of the total cost of all road schemes which were in the programme immediately before that date. - Includes figure for English Trunk Road programme.

What is the total cost of all longer-term road schemes which were withdrawn on 26 November 1996 and what percentage that represented of the total cost of all road schemes which were in the programme immediately before that date. - Includes figure for English Trunk Road programme.

To list all those road schemes with an estimated cost of over £10 million which are still in the United Kingdom road programme, showing in respect of each the stage reached, the estimated final cost and the estimated completion date. - Includes list.

To list all those road schemes with an estimated cost of over £10 million which are still in the United Kingdom road programme, showing in respect of each the stage reached, the estimated final cost and the estimated completion date. - Includes list.

Lords debate on unstarred question on HMG desire to reverse decline in rail freight transport and adequacy of rail links to and from the port of Felixstowe for the purpose of carrying freight and to respond to growth of container freight on Britains roads.

Lords debate on unstarred question on HMG desire to reverse decline in rail freight transport and adequacy of rail links to and from the port of Felixstowe for the purpose of carrying freight and to respond to growth of container freight on Britains roads.

If a copy of the Highways Agency report on its reviews of the crossing of the River Avon south of Salisbury by the proposed Salisbury bypass will be placed in the Library. - Includes fact that copies of the Highways Agency review report, in the Library.

If a copy of the Highways Agency report on its reviews of the crossing of the River Avon south of Salisbury by the proposed Salisbury bypass will be placed in the Library. - Includes fact that copies of the Highways Agency review report, in the Library.

What arrangements exist for the reimbursement of property owners who incurred professional and other costs in responding to proposals for new road schemes put forward by the Department of Transport in respect of those schemes which were withdrawn by the Department of Transport on 26 November 1996.

What arrangements exist for the reimbursement of property owners who incurred professional and other costs in responding to proposals for new road schemes put forward by the Department of Transport in respect of those schemes which were withdrawn by the Department of Transport on 26 November 1996.

What progress is being made with the use of whisper concrete, porous asphalt or other materials to reduce road noise. - Text of letter from Mr Lawrie Haynes of the Highways Agency.

What progress is being made with the use of whisper concrete, porous asphalt or other materials to reduce road noise. - Text of letter from Mr Lawrie Haynes of the Highways Agency.