Debates between Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe and Lord Lucas during the 2017-2019 Parliament

Tue 5th Jun 2018
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
Lords Chamber

Report stage (Hansard): House of Lords

Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill

Debate between Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe and Lord Lucas
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Portrait Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
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My Lords, having been critical, I now extend a word of gratitude. In particular, I welcome subsection (1)(b) of the proposed new clause in the amendment to which the Minister drew attention, because that will definitely be needed in the future. It is a very helpful amendment indeed.

Lord Lucas Portrait Lord Lucas
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My Lords, I too am grateful to the Government for the amendment. I particularly congratulate them on subsection (2) of the proposed new clause which, for those who do not have the amendments with them, states:

“Each report must be laid before Parliament after the end of the reporting period to which it relates”.


A Government who could lay the report before the end of the reporting period would be some Government. This provision has no timescale, which could allow the report to be laid before Parliament 45 years after the end of the reporting period to which it relates. That is quite a commitment and again I congratulate the Government on their drafting.