Lord Rosser - Contributions

Lord Rosser

Labour
Lords, Life peer (2004 - present)

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High Speed Rail (London–West Midlands) Bill

Grand Committee on 12 January 201712/01/2017

In part, the amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, relates to an issue I have asked about previously, which is also contained in the Select Committee’s report on page 97, on permanent or temporary land take. Certainly, the Countr...

High Speed Rail (London–West Midlands) Bill

Grand Committee on 12 January 201712/01/2017

Perhaps I may raise one or two points on the issue that is set out in the amendment, which as I understand it is about the procedure for dealing with issues that people have during the construction process and what kind of redress is available to them. I...

High Speed Rail (London–West Midlands) Bill

Grand Committee on 12 January 201712/01/2017

I will make a point on Clause 53, which, if I have understood correctly, is one of the clauses that is covered in the report from the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. It may be that the Government have already given their response, in whi...

High Speed Rail (London–West Midlands) Bill

Grand Committee on 12 January 201712/01/2017

Can the Minister provide an assurance— I am sure that he will be able to—that these facilities will be available on the high-speed trains, including for wheelchair users, and that there is no possibility whatever of anyone seeking to argue that, since oth...

High Speed Rail (London–West Midlands) Bill

Grand Committee on 12 January 201712/01/2017

Can I be clear about what the Government’s intentions are, or whether they have still to be determined? Is the Minister saying that once HS2, or at least the first part of it, has been built—we are talking about that part of the track which is unique to H...

High Speed Rail (London–West Midlands) Bill

Grand Committee on 12 January 201712/01/2017

On the question of the Government’s intentions in the longer term for HS2, recently we had an announcement from the Secretary of State about a new link between Oxford and Cambridge. As I understand it, the company running the line would also be responsibl...

Southern Rail

Lords Chamber on 10 January 201710/01/2017

My Lords, it is clear that, as a result of poor performance and days of industrial action, passengers, staff and—because of the nature of the franchise contract—the taxpayer are incurring financial costs. What is not clear, in the light of the nature of t...

High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

Grand Committee on 10 January 201710/01/2017

My Lords, I add my support the views expressed. Frankly, it does not look as though we will go much further with this because my noble friend Lord Berkeley has indicated that he will object to the amendment and, as I understand it, if the question is put,...

High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

Grand Committee on 10 January 201710/01/2017

I want to make just one or two comments about Amendment 28, to which my noble friend Lady Young of Old Scone has spoken. Obviously, I am aware of the comments that have been made by the Select Committee, which was not, let us say, fully enamoured of the r...

High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

Grand Committee on 10 January 201710/01/2017

As the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, has already said, the comments are contained in paragraph 197 of the Select Committee’s report. This follows 196, which deals with a different issue—the owner-occupiers of Park Village East—and recommends that, “...

High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

Grand Committee on 10 January 201710/01/2017

My Lords, my noble friend might have expected to be back by now, but my understanding is that it is accepted that he has other amendments which will be discussed on Thursday. Without wishing to move this amendment, he will speak on the subject then. For t...

High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

Grand Committee on 10 January 201710/01/2017

I do not wish to make a Second Reading speech, but I simply say that at Second Reading we indicated our support for the Bill and the project. That is where we stand. Likewise, we accept the point made that that does not prevent amendments being tabled and...

High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

Grand Committee on 10 January 201710/01/2017

I will just make one or two relatively brief observations. I add my thanks to those already expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, to the Select Committee for the work that it did. I know it took up a considerable amount of its members’ time, and I was...

Pitchford Inquiry

Lords Chamber on 9 January 201709/01/2017

My Lords, do the Government accept that it is possible that the findings of the Pitchford inquiry into undercover policing could lead to revisions or amendments being needed to the recently passed Investigatory Powers Act?

Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (Penalty Points) (Amendment) Order 2016

Lords Chamber on 20 December 201620/12/2016

My Lords, we support the order, largely for the reasons set out by the Minister. Before the introduction of mobile phones we managed to survive, as a nation of car drivers, without them. Presumably, we ought to be able to survive today without using them—...

Prevent Strategy

Lords Chamber on 20 December 201620/12/2016

My Lords, obviously we on this side also wish to express our shock and horror at the latest atrocities. As I understand it, in certain areas of the UK the number of far-right referrals now outnumbers cases involving Islamic extremism. Does this not sugges...

Policing and Crime Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 December 201619/12/2016

I shall be very brief, but I take this opportunity to thank the Minister and the noble Baroness, Lady Chisholm of Owlpen, for the courteous and open way in which they have listened to and sought to address, within government policy constraints, the issues...

Policing and Crime Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 December 201619/12/2016

Policing and Crime Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 December 201619/12/2016

The House agreed to Amendment 157 on Report on the parity of funding at inquests, which does not appear to be covered by the existing Long Title. Accordingly, this amendment is to cover Amendment 157, and comes within the Third Reading principal purposes...

Policing and Crime Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 December 201619/12/2016

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