To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is the responsible body for ensuring lead testing happens in school buildings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is the responsible body for ensuring lead testing happens in school buildings.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the underlying environmental monitoring data from Christmas Island relating to the 1957–1958 nuclear tests has ever been disclosed to the courts in litigation brought by nuclear test veterans against the Ministry of Defence.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the underlying environmental monitoring data from Christmas Island relating to the 1957–1958 nuclear tests has ever been disclosed to the courts in litigation brought by nuclear test veterans against the Ministry of Defence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) regulations and (b) testing are in place to monitor environmental lead.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) regulations and (b) testing are in place to monitor environmental lead.

Our water system urgently needs fixing. There have been repeated failures for the public and record levels of sewage polluting our rivers, lakes and seas. This must be stopped. Fundamental reform of the water sector is underway but will not happen overnight. This Government is committed to reforming the system,...

Our water system urgently needs fixing. There have been repeated failures for the public and record levels of sewage polluting our rivers, lakes and seas. This must be stopped. Fundamental reform of the water sector is underway but will not happen overnight. This Government is committed to reforming the system,...

My honourable friend, the Minister for Water and Flooding, Emma Hardy MP, has made the following Written Statement.

Our water system urgently needs fixing. There have been repeated failures for the public and record levels of sewage polluting our rivers, lakes and seas. This must be stopped. Fundamental reform of the...

My honourable friend, the Minister for Water and Flooding, Emma Hardy MP, has made the following Written Statement.

Our water system urgently needs fixing. There have been repeated failures for the public and record levels of sewage polluting our rivers, lakes and seas. This must be stopped. Fundamental reform of the...

Clauses 50 to 84 agreed to. Amendment 9 to Clause 50 negatived on division (5 to 10). Clauses 85 to 92 agreed to. Clause 93 as amended, agreed to. Clauses 94 to 99 agreed to. Amendment 6 to clause 100 agreed to. Clause 100 as amended, agreed to. Schedules 3 to 6 agreed to. New clause 1 (Advisory Council) negatived on division (5 to 9). New clause 2 (Accessibility information for passengers in automated vehicles) negatived on division (5 to 9). New clause 3 (Establishment of an Advisory Council) negatived on division (5 to 9). New clause 5 (Liability of insurers) debated and withdrawn. Bill as amended, to be reported (Bill 190). Written evidence reported to the House.

Clauses 50 to 84 agreed to. Amendment 9 to Clause 50 negatived on division (5 to 10). Clauses 85 to 92 agreed to. Clause 93 as amended, agreed to. Clauses 94 to 99 agreed to. Amendment 6 to clause 100 agreed to. Clause 100 as amended, agreed to. Schedules 3...

Second reading agreed to on question. Programme motion agreed to on question. King's recommendation signified. Money resolution agreed to on question. Ways and Means resolution agreed to on question.

Second reading agreed to on question. Programme motion agreed to on question. King's recommendation signified. Money resolution agreed to on question. Ways and Means resolution agreed to on question.

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

As hon. Members know, most journeys take place on our roads. About 86% are made by cars, taxis and vans, but in the over 100 years since the invention of the car, despite our vehicles becoming better, safer...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

As hon. Members know, most journeys take place on our roads. About 86% are made by cars, taxis and vans, but in the over 100 years since the invention of the car, despite our vehicles becoming better, safer...

As the Secretary of State knows, insurance premiums have been going through the roof recently—the costs are astronomical. What impact does he expect automated vehicles to have on insurance premiums?

As the Secretary of State knows, insurance premiums have been going through the roof recently—the costs are astronomical. What impact does he expect automated vehicles to have on insurance premiums?

If the hon. Gentleman will allow me to make a little progress, I will speak about how one centrepiece of the Bill and of our approach is the safety not just of the automated vehicle and its occupants but of other road users, particularly vulnerable road users. I will come...

If the hon. Gentleman will allow me to make a little progress, I will speak about how one centrepiece of the Bill and of our approach is the safety not just of the automated vehicle and its occupants but of other road users, particularly vulnerable road users. I will come...

It will not surprise my right hon. Friend that I am speaking up for Milton Keynes on this subject. This is a huge global opportunity for Britain, worth £350 billion, and Milton Keynes is often the testbed of this technology. It is a beautiful, vibrant city that is going places—except...

It will not surprise my right hon. Friend that I am speaking up for Milton Keynes on this subject. This is a huge global opportunity for Britain, worth £350 billion, and Milton Keynes is often the testbed of this technology. It is a beautiful, vibrant city that is going places—except...

I thank my hon. Friend for speaking powerfully for his constituency. He is right: those developing this technology will want to roll it out carefully and thoughtfully, and they will want to do that in specific places in the United Kingdom. He has just made a powerful bid for Milton...

I thank my hon. Friend for speaking powerfully for his constituency. He is right: those developing this technology will want to roll it out carefully and thoughtfully, and they will want to do that in specific places in the United Kingdom. He has just made a powerful bid for Milton...

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Let me just set out what that review did, then I will take an intervention from the hon. Gentleman, who is an esteemed member of the Select Committee. It convened legal minds from across the country, launched three rounds of public consultation, sifted through hundreds of written responses and produced...

Let me just set out what that review did, then I will take an intervention from the hon. Gentleman, who is an esteemed member of the Select Committee. It convened legal minds from across the country, launched three rounds of public consultation, sifted through hundreds of written responses and produced...

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. These are really important points, as is the clarification sought by the hon. Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr on insurance liability. Can I ask the Secretary of State about the arrangements for the compensation of victims of any...

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. These are really important points, as is the clarification sought by the hon. Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr on insurance liability. Can I ask the Secretary of State about the arrangements for the compensation of victims of any...

The hon. Gentleman is right to raise that point. We have arrangements in place for vehicles with human drivers who are uninsured, and we are working with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau on the arrangements that will be in place. I would envisage analogous arrangements for self-driving vehicles that are uninsured,...

The hon. Gentleman is right to raise that point. We have arrangements in place for vehicles with human drivers who are uninsured, and we are working with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau on the arrangements that will be in place. I would envisage analogous arrangements for self-driving vehicles that are uninsured,...

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I am happy to hear from him again now.

I am happy to hear from him again now.

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for that clarification, but this is a whole new world where we will be relying on AI, software and so on. How would an insurer prove that a vehicle was being driven autonomously rather than by a driver? Under the provisions of...

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for that clarification, but this is a whole new world where we will be relying on AI, software and so on. How would an insurer prove that a vehicle was being driven autonomously rather than by a driver? Under the provisions of...