Member

I turn to the last amendment, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, and apologise for the length of my speech. Amendment 79A seeks to require the provision of audible and visible information on buses within one year of Royal Assent. I understand the importance of this, but I am pleased to advise the noble Lord that the implementation of the Public Service Vehicles (Accessible Information) Regulations, debated in this House in 2023 and commenced later that year, continues apace. Those regulations in effect require exactly what he would like: they already apply to vehicles first used on local services from October 2019 onwards, and by October 2026 most local services will need to comply.