Baroness Randerson

HL3508 • Railway Stations

To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they plan to take in response to the recent report by the Office of Rail and Road which showed that a quarter of stations in England had Help Points that were not working.

HL3509 • Railways: Safety

To ask His Majesty's Government what improvements they are considering to rolling stock alarm systems in order to increase confidence in passenger safety, particularly among women, and whether they plan to assess the effectiveness of the IlluminateSafe system proposed for use alongside the current Call for Aid system.

HL3510 • Schools: Transport

To ask His Majesty's Government what advice, support and guidelines are given to local authorities regarding home to school transport, and whether they are given guidance on the restrictions they can impose in cutting transport costs.

HL3511 • Schools: Transport

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the statutory guidance Travel to school for children of compulsory school age published in January, whether parents are entitled to an explanation of why their child has been allocated a school placement in another education authority, whether such a decision can be made on the basis of transport costs alone, whether route risk assessments are required, and what account is taken of safety and accessibility of transport routes when allocating  children to schools.

HL3200 • National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority: Staff

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority will retain independent commissioners, as is currently the case with the National Infrastructure Commission, as recommended by the Institution of Civil Engineers.

HL3157 • Bus Services: Visual Impairment

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to halting the introduction of floating bus stops in order (1) to assess the risks and accessibility to passengers with sight impairment, and (2) pending a review of the relevant guidelines issued to local authorities.

HL3158 • Bus Services: Disability

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult groups representing disabled people and other pedestrians and passengers before introducing future guidelines for local authorities on the installation of floating bus stops.

HL2998 • Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce

To ask His Majesty's Government why work on the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce was paused in July; what plans they have to take the evidence received by the taskforce up to that point into account in future work; and when they plan to make a final decision on the future of the taskforce, or any successor body.

HL2999 • Ministers: Official Cars

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 25 November (HL2426), how many of the ministerial cars referred to in each of 2023 and 2024 are (1) electric vehicles, and (2) hybrid vehicles.

HL3000 • London North Eastern Railway: Fares

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to undertake an interim review of the Simpler Fares pilot scheme on London North Eastern Railway; and what are the reasons for the two-year length of the pilot scheme.

HL2857 • Railways: Sunderland

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to require London and North Eastern Railway to run direct services between Sunderland and London Kings Cross beyond December.

HL2623 • Bus Services: Greater London

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rate of bus accidents in London leading to personal injury or death, compared with that in other UK cities; and what lessons have they drawn about the impact of the bus franchise model used by Transport for London and its potential application elsewhere.

HL2512 • National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority: Powers

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority will have powers to mandate best practice in infrastructure planning including the use of the Construction Playbook as proposed by the Institution of Civil Engineers.

HL2513 • Aviation: Fuels

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to implement financial mechanisms to support sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in the UK in view of the forthcoming SAF mandate.

HL2421 • Railways: Birmingham and Greater Manchester

To ask His Majesty's Government what options they are considering for the proposed new rail link between Birmingham and Manchester; and whether they plan to consider forms of public-private partnership.

HL2422 • Honey: Supermarkets

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that a high level of adulterated honey is sold in UK supermarkets; and what plans they have to strengthen product testing standards in the UK to bring them in line with those of the EU.

HL2423 • Innovation: Finance

To ask His Majesty's Government why this year's Innovation Accelerator funding was limited to three city regions in England and Scotland; and what plans they have to extend it to Wales and Northern Ireland.

HL2365 • Buses: Procurement

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 30 October (HL1684), whether they are considering centralised procurement for buses as part of their bus services improvement strategy.

HL2213 • Railways: Suicide

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure the successful rollout of suicide prevention strategies for the rail network during and after the process of nationalisation.

HL2214 • Railways: Suicide

To ask His Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to reduce the number of suicides on the railways; what additional resources and measures, if any, they plan to introduce for the British Transport Police to minimise disruptions; and what additional training they plan to provide, if any, for railway employees.