Speeches by Mather.

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“This amendment would provide for the general restriction on disclosure of information in section 145 of the Railways Act 1993 not to apply to information and advice published by the LTUC under section 252DB of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.”

“(5A) In subsection (2A), after ‘London to’ insert ‘Great British Railways or’.””

“Appeals procedure”

“Amendment proposed: 148, page 38, line 16, leave out subsection (1) and insert—”

““(1) When determining an appeal under this Chapter, the Office of Rail and Road must decide the matter on its merits, having regard to the objectives set out in this Act.”—(Jerome Mayhew.)”

“(b) for ‘one another’ substitute ‘each other’.”

“Question put, That the amendment be made.”

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“Absolutely. To build on my hon. Friend’s point, this is very much the start of the conversation, not the end of it, in thinking about how GBR can better integrate rail services that are run through mayoral strategic authorities with the wider network, with mayors of course being able to use funding for GBR services whe…”

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“Clause 69”

“Access agreements”

“(a) for ‘the purposes of the co-operation required under subsection (1) above,’ substitute ‘purposes connected with passenger transport services for persons travelling to, from and within Greater London, Great British Railways,’, and”

“This amendment and amendments 98 to 105 would provide for GBR companies to be treated in the same way as Great British Railways for the purposes of the access provisions of the Railways Act 1993.”

“Amendment 98, page 39, line 37, after “Railways” insert “or a GBR company”.”

“See the explanatory statement for amendment 97.”

““(5) In subsection (2)—”

“I could not agree more strongly with the sentiments expressed by my hon. Friend. He will know—we have discussed this—that under the council’s current arrangements, two members have lived experience of navigating the transport network with a disability. We fully expect that arrangement to continue. I applaud the efforts…”