Member

The noble Lord, Lord Moylan, referred to the Railways Bill and the creation of Great British Railways. In response, I say that this is a suitable time to make this change. Not only is it a suitable time for GBR to inherit consistency, in due course, but, more importantly, this brings consistency for the benefit of passengers and people who park in railway car parks. I know, from my postbag, and it is clear across the parking industry, that there has been a lot of concern about the way in which parking has been dealt with—and railway car parks are no different—particularly the use of by-laws and criminal sanctions. As the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, remarked, you want to get at the keepers of vehicles as well as the drivers, so this is the right time to do this.