Member

I turn briefly to Amendment 4 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, who appears to have missed, but let me help her in this, the fact that it is extremely similar in its effect to my Amendment 31, which is also in this group. The purpose of both of them is to say: “Where is the money?” In the course of her discussion of Amendment 4, the noble Baroness looked at me rather accusatorially, as if I was somehow in the wrong because I live in London—I have not had a connection with Transport for London since 2016 as it happens, apart from being one of its customers—which has a subsidy that obviously ought to go to the rest of the country. I rather agree with her that this Bill is unworkable without very large sums being paid to subsidise local transport authorities throughout the whole country.