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Baroness Pidgeon (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 September 2026

Debate

Railways Bill

Contribution

My Lords, I am delighted to move Amendment 40 and speak to the other amendments in this group, which are about London TravelWatch. For those of your Lordships who do not know—although, as we have joked before, I feel this Room is a reunion of those of us who were involved in London government—London TravelWatch, officially known as the London Transport Users’ Committee, is the independent transport watchdog set up under statute speaking up for the travelling public in and around London. It was established in its current form under the Greater London Authority Act 1999, although its roots go back to the Transport Act 1947 and beyond. Its remit covers national rail issues within the London railway area. Those boundaries are defined under the Railways Act 2005 and go beyond what most of us think of as London. It also covers transport services under the responsibility of Transport for London, such as buses and the Tube, and Eurostar services, which is a service not just for those in London.

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