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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)

"This new clause would set a permitted driving time for bus drivers—drivers of public service vehicles—that matched the permitted driving time for heavy goods vehicle drivers. Currently, the permitted driving time for bus drivers is considerably less stringent than for HGV drivers. Some of the data that we have received …..."
Siân Berry - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)

"New clause 6 relates to the same issue of bus safety. It requires local transport authorities to collect and publish bus safety performance data online at minimum intervals of every quarter, and to submit that bus safety performance data to an independent auditor for the purposes of it assessing the …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)

"This is a probing new clause. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion.

Clause, by leave, withdrawn.

New Clause 7

Permitted driving time for drivers of PSVs being used under the licence to provide a local service

“(1) In section 96 of the Transport Act 1968 (permitted driving …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)

"Would the Minister not agree that shorter consecutive hours and more flexible shift patterns might attract more people to consider bus driving as a potential career?..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)

"I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time...."
Siân Berry - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)

"On the budgets that the Minister just mentioned, was he clear that the money for retrofitting will come out of active travel funding, rather than bus services funding, or is it a bit of both?..."
Siân Berry - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)

"I thought so—I am not as radical as the hon. Member for Broadland and Fakenham thinks. I think that the amendment is entirely reasonable on bus availability and procurement. It does not speed up the rate of procurement, or mandate that at all.

I am aware that there are challenging …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)

"I have tabled a number of new clauses relating to safety of working conditions, health and safety, and reporting of bus safety. I want to speak in detail to new clause 5, but I will speak only briefly on the other related new clauses.

We need to see a step …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)

"I do not. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion.

Clause, by leave, withdrawn.

New Clause 6

Bus safety performance data

“In the Transport Act 2000, after section 144E (inserted by section 28 of this Act) insert—

‘144F Bus safety performance data

(1) Local transport authorities must—

(a) …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)

"I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time...."
Siân Berry - View Speech

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