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Fast tracked planning permission to use land as temporary inland border facilities

Friday, 05 February, 2021

The Town and Country Planning (Border Facilities and Infrastructure) (EU Exit) (England) Special Development Order 2020 (SI 2020/928) has sped up the planning process for land to be used as inland border facilities in specified areas of England. The Government stated this is necessary due to the increased border control measures needed now the UK has left the EU. On 11 February 2021, the House of Lords will debate a motion ‘regretting’ the legislation.
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Current Affairs Digest: Science (December 2020)

Friday, 11 December, 2020

Catch up on articles from the world of science you may have missed from October and November 2020. This month we take a look at the new Hyperloop transport system, and the recent discovery of water on the moon.
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Funding roads: Coming full circle?

Thursday, 10 December, 2020

One hundred years after the Roads Act 1920 was passed, this article looks at its link to vehicle excise duty and funding for road building and maintenance today.
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Heavy commercial vehicles in Kent: 2020 orders

Friday, 20 November, 2020

The House of Lords is due to consider two related statutory instruments on 26 November 2020. Along with a third order, the instruments amend orders from 2019 which made provision for ‘Operation Brock’. This is a planned system to manage heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) traffic in Kent when there are delays in exporting goods from Great Britain (GB) to the EU after the transition period. This article examines what the 2020 orders do and why they are being made.
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Type approval and carbon dioxide emissions regulations 2020

Wednesday, 11 November, 2020

Certain regulations on vehicles and carbon dioxide emission targets are currently regulated by the EU. The UK Government has put in place statutory instruments intended to retain these regulations when the transition period ends for leaving the EU. This article looks at three draft SIs which make amendments to current legislation to ensure the regulations can function effectively after the transition period, and that the UK meets its obligations under the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol.
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High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill: update for Lords committee stage

Monday, 02 November, 2020

The High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill would provide approval for phase 2a of the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway line. Phase 2a would run between the West Midlands, where it would link with phase 1 of HS2, and Crewe. The bill is scheduled to begin its committee stage in the House of Lords on 9 November 2020.
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Covid-19 regulations: Face coverings—updates

Thursday, 08 October, 2020

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government has introduced requirements to wear face coverings in specified locations. These have been updated several times, to broaden the scope of the rules and to increase the financial penalties for non-compliance. This article looks at the requirements imposed by three instruments that came into force on 23 and 24 September 2020 and are being debated in the House of Lords on 12 October 2020.
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Coronavirus: Support for the transport sector

Friday, 02 October, 2020

Following the coronavirus lockdown, the number of passengers on the transport system declined significantly. In some sectors government financial support has been provided to make up the shortfall in lost fare revenue. This article summarises statistics on transport use and the economic support provided by the Government, ahead of an oral question on that subject in the House of Lords.
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Brexit regulations: Carriage of dangerous goods and transportable pressure equipment

Friday, 25 September, 2020

This article summarises the provisions of new regulations which will affect the carriage of dangerous goods and the use of transportable pressure equipment at the end of the Brexit transition period. The House of Lords is due to debate the regulations on 29 September 2020.
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Covid-19 regulations: Electric scooter trials

Friday, 25 September, 2020

The Government has laid regulations allowing trials of the use of electric scooters on roads to begin. Prior to the regulations, the use of both privately owned and rental e-scooters was prohibited on roads. The regulations use the ‘made negative’ procedure and came into force on 4 July 2020. This article examines what the regulations do, and explains concerns identified by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee.
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EU Committee report: Road, rail and maritime transport

Thursday, 17 September, 2020

In May 2019, the House of Lords EU Committee published a report into the future of UK-EU surface transport links. Continuing disagreement between UK and EU negotiators over aspects of the future relationship in transport matters has helped put the brakes on progress in the current negotiations, with talks on the future of road haulage rights in particular reportedly at a standstill.
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Face coverings on public transport: Parliamentary approval of Covid-19 regulations

Friday, 03 July, 2020

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK Government introduced a new requirement that passengers on public transport wear facial coverings. This measure was intended to prevent the spread of the virus. This article looks at the regulations establishing this requirement, due to be debated in the House of Lords on 8 July 2020.
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Business and Planning Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages

Thursday, 02 July, 2020

The Government’s Business and Planning Bill is intended to help the economy recovery from the effects the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Coronavirus: Airlines

Tuesday, 23 June, 2020

Aviation has been one of the hardest hit sectors in the coronavirus pandemic. This article looks at Government support for airlines and also at criticisms of policies such as the quarantine. It then considers debates about airlines’ reactions in areas such as employment and customer refunds. The impact of the pandemic on airlines is the subject of an oral question in the House of Lords on 29 June 2020.
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Covid-19 and public transport

Thursday, 28 May, 2020

This article focuses on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected public transport and what action the Government has taken on the issue.

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