"I thank the noble Lord for his answers to my concern about micromobility delivery vehicles. I think I heard the conditional in his words about them, so “could” rather than “would”. I will read Hansard very carefully and then come back to him, perhaps in a Corridor somewhere or on …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"I think there were some pilots of privately owned e-scooters. Have the results of those come through? Have they been published?..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 118A, 118B, 119A and 119B in the name of my noble friend Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. I will come to Amendment 120F in a moment.
These four amendments look at how this Bill divides responsibility between strategic authorities and local highway authorities …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"My Lords, I got around to reading all these amendments only today, and I was quite impressed. I felt that in some ways this is your Lordships’ House at its best, because this is all from personal experience. People are talking about something they know very intimately and can therefore …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"My Lords, the conditions described in the Oral Question are a result of climate change. The fact is that climate change is going to hit infrastructure—roads, railways and homes —in Yorkshire, and everywhere else globally, very hard. Is Defra explaining to the Treasury exactly how disastrous it would be to …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"My Lords, I too support both amendments. I support Amendment 449 because proscription is a huge power. The noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, used the word “awesome”, and it is indeed an awesome power: it can turn ordinary behaviour into crime. Parliament should not be asked to rubber-stamp those decisions without …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"I am really thrilled to be supporting the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham, because obviously he is so sure of everything he says that I must be doing the right thing. I will deal with Amendments 447 and 448 slightly differently, because they are different. I support Amendment 447 because it …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
At the moment the rule of law is not for us all, as exemplified by the way we treat police in some cases. On pensions, why do the Government prefer decisions about pension forfeiture to be taken later behind closed doors rather than …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech
"My Lords, I am never sure what a probing amendment means, because surely all our amendments are probing, and I certainly would support both these amendments on Report, because they are actually crucial. Although I am vastly older than the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, I, too, have been working on …..." Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - View Speech