By Lord Moylan Abortion is a generally safe procedure for women. It is not my purpose in bringing this Bill forward to dispute that. Rather the question this Bill raises is how safe it is. To know that we need statistics that reflect real experience. The Abortion Act 1967 provides that a record of each termination is to be submitted to the Chief Medical Officer (or appropriate authority in Scotland). This is known as the Abortion Notification System. The Act requires that thi

Lord Moylan: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have a national standardised definition of a pothole. Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE): Local highway authorities are responsible for maintaining their roads under section 41 of the Highways Act 1980. Individual authorities set their own criteria, including the minimum size and depth at which a defect, or pothole, is recorded or repaired, and apply risk‑based assessments th

Lord Moylan: To ask His Majesty's Government how many approved driving instructors were on the official register in each month since July 2024. Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE): The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) publishes driving instructor and motorcycle instructor register data online. The below table shows the number of approved driving instructors (ADI) on the official register in each month since July 2024. Pleas

Lord Moylan: To ask His Majesty's Government whether the first East West Rail services between Oxford and Milton Keynes Central via Winslow have been included in the base train timetable. Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE): Chiltern worked with Network Rail, DfT and other operators on the December 2026 timetable and services have been timetabled between Oxford, Winslow, Bletchley and Milton Keynes. The Department continues to work c

Lord Moylan: To ask His Majesty's Government when the review of HS2 by Mark Wild will be published. Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE): On 19 May, the Secretary of State for Transport updated Parliament on the progress of the HS2 reset, alongside the publication of her latest parliamentary report. In addition, the government published the initial findings of HS2 Ltd CEO Mark Wild’s review into the simplification of the railway’s ope