Global Traffic Scorecard: London

Debate between Lord West of Spithead and Earl Howe

Wednesday 5th January 2022 Lords Chamber

[Lord West of Spithead (Lab)]

My Lords—

[Earl Howe (Con)]

My Lords, it is the turn of the Labour Benches.

[Lord West of Spithead (Lab)]

My Lords, no matter how much this is dressed up, there is no doubt whatever that congestion in London has got worse, and part of the reason for that is bad cycle lanes, as on the Marylebone Road, Park Lane and Lower Thames Street. Another reason is the closing of so many small back roads, so that the moment there is an accident, or something like that, everything clogs up. The journey that I do every day, and which I have done to try to avoid public transport and not give everyone in this House Covid, takes a third longer than it used to; it is getting longer and longer. We have to do something. Surely we must open up those side roads and get those bicycle lanes sorted out.

House of Lords: Future Location

Debate between Lord West of Spithead and Earl Howe

Monday 20th January 2020 Lords Chamber

[Earl Howe]

My Lords, I agree with my noble friend. There may be other and possibly more substantial ways to bring jobs and investment to the north of England than relocating the House of Lords.

[Lord West of Spithead (Lab)]

My Lords, as a great maritime nation, if we are going to do anything as Bodmin as splitting us from the Commons, I hope No. 10 might consider using one of the great Cunarders as somewhere for the Lords to be based. It could then be used to go and visit all parts of the United Kingdom.

[Earl Howe]

My Lords, the noble Lord puts forward an extremely imaginative idea, which again will be listened to.