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Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Nick Herbert (Conservative, Centre-right): Has not the commission made an unequivocal recommendation, finding that Gatwick would deliver fewer benefits—half the economic benefits of Heathrow—has poorer transport links, especially to the north, and, crucially, would not deliver the hub solution that this country needs? In taking a decision swiftly, will the Secretary of State be mindful of the fact that it might be inconsistent to talk about a long-term economic plan and the national economic interest while going for a suboptimal solution that has not been recommended by the commission?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Macroeconomics
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): I think my right hon. Friend is trying to prejudge the decisions we will take. I shall not get caught in that trap. We will consider all parts of the report and I assure him that we are committed to seeing the United Kingdom and its long-term economic plan grow and succeed.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
David Nuttall (Conservative, Centre-right): Although London Heathrow might be operating at virtually full capacity, Manchester airport is not. Whatever is decided, it will clearly be many years before new capacity becomes available in the south east, so will the Secretary of State look into ways of helping Manchester airport to attract new operators and groups to Manchester?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Jason McCartney (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend agree that if the whole of the United Kingdom and, in particular, my constituents in Yorkshire are to benefit from these ambitious airport expansion plans, we need good conductivity, which means a good rail network with modern rolling stock and electrification?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, I do. I am very proud of the huge investment in this Parliament, with £38.5 billion being spent on upgrading our railway network. I am very pleased to say that under this Government the Pacers will stop running in my hon. Friend’s constituency and will be replaced with better trains, which never happened under the previous Government.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Laurence Anthony Robertson (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to moving this issue on as quickly as possible for the sake of connectivity, the economy and the loss of business we are suffering. When he considers the local factors in west London, which he must do, will he consider the fact that Heathrow is geographically situated very conveniently for the majority of people and that if they were forced to travel further that would add to congestion and air quality problems?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, I understand exactly where the hon. Gentleman is coming from, and it is interesting that in the report Sir Howard and the commission talk about a noise levy to be paid by passengers, with the money being spent on things to alleviate noise. In fact, new modern planes are not as noisy as some of the older ones that are still flying.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Caroline Ansell (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend will know of the strength of support for Gatwick’s second runway in my constituency of Eastbourne and Willingdon and across East Sussex from every chamber of commerce and the Federation of Small Businesses—connectivity is so important for coastal communities such as mine. He highlighted in his statement capacity and connectivity in relation to the Heathrow proposal, but will he confirm that deliverability and affordability, where Gatwick arguably has the stronger case, will also be at the heart of decision making?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Environment
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): That will be part of the issues that we want to address. We will look particularly at how Sir Howard and the commission have said that the issues can be addressed. As we heard in earlier questions, that will be debated by the Environmental Audit Committee and other Committees between now and the Government reaching a conclusion.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Iain Aitken Stewart (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend has a strong track record for acting in the long-term, strategic interests of transport infrastructure. To help him to reach a bold and swift decision, may I direct him to page 76 of the report, which points out the £5 billion cost of delays if we do not take a decision? Is there not also an environmental cost of not acting, given that capacity constraints cause planes to stack in ever-increasing numbers over London?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Environment
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I am quickly looking at page 76, which he drew my attention to. I can assure him that we will go through all these points, but he is absolutely right: a plane stacked over London is neither economic nor good for the environment.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman points out that this is a matter of connectivity from London not just to other parts of the world, but to other parts of the United Kingdom. I accept the importance of Heathrow and those services to and from Belfast.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Nigel Martin Evans (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not want the Secretary of State for Transport to prejudge the commission’s report—I just want him to get on with it. He said he hopes for some consensus. I hate to break the bad news to him: it is simply not going to happen. Many businesses in Ribble Valley use Manchester airport and will be grateful for what he has said about it, but a lot of them connect to London and flights to about 40 new destinations will be available once airport capacity is expanded. Please will he—gently—get on with it?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend started by saying that he will not ask me to prejudge but urged me to make a decision here at the Dispatch Box. The answer to the first part of his question is no, I will not do that. The answer to the second part of his question, which relates to the importance of connectivity and Manchester airport, is that I accept it.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown (Conservative, Centre-right): May I praise Sir Howard Davies for the rigour of his report? Although I do not expect my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to make a decision, will he expedite the many processes that this airport has to go through, so that we actually get a runway built and the UK can compete in the 21st century?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Law and Crime
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is correct, but we have a process that we need to go through. We do need to abide by that process. If we did not, we would simply find ourselves judicially reviewed in the courts and the whole process would take a lot longer.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Energy
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman thinks that we are pulling those projects. I have put that electrification on pause. I want the costs to be looked at. I do not want a repeat of what happened when the last Labour Government started the upgrade of the west coast main line: it was estimated at £2 billion, turned out at £9 billion and did not lead to the changes we needed. I am very proud of what we are doing with the northern powerhouse, and I am very pleased that this Government will actually see the abolition of the Pacers that serve his constituency and the rest of the northern area, too. If this statement was not just on aviation, I could roll out a number of other improvements that we are making to support the northern powerhouse, and I would have thought that he supported us.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Karen Lumley (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Secretary of State agree that today’s report will provide a great opportunity for extra investment in Birmingham international airport? Will he congratulate it on its brand-new route to China, which will bring investment to the midlands?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Julian Charles Sturdy (Conservative, Centre-right): I hope that my right hon. Friend, who has been on his feet for nearly an hour and has listened to Members from right across the House, understands that London’s airport capacity not only affects the south-east but the rest of the country, so may I sing the praises of Leeds Bradford airport? A third runway at Heathrow would more than double demand for travel between Leeds and London in the next five years, boosting Yorkshire’s access to emerging markets, and we must not put that at risk.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Environment
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his representations. Obviously, we have to be aware of that, but also part of a noise levy is considering how to put right the damage and how to try to soften or reduce the effects on those who are most disturbed by the noise. That is the right thing to do.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Robert Edward Jenrick (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend said that the Government asked Sir Howard Davies how the UK could maintain its status as an international aviation hub. If that is the case, there might be a difficult decision ahead for my right hon. Friend. Does he not agree that we do not want to be "an" international aviation hub? London will probably almost always be "an" international aviation hub; we want to be "the" international aviation hub. We want to take on and beat the likes of Paris, Dubai and Amsterdam, for the economy of the future, in which case the choice might be quite simple.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): Well, that is another way in which my hon. Friend might be trying to get me to prejudge our conclusions. I have made the point that we are the third largest aviation economy; aviation’s contribution to our economy follows that made to the economies of the US and China. I am very aware of how important the industry is to the UK.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend has heard representations from around the House on the importance of connectivity from regional airports. For most air travellers, often the most frustrating part is getting airside. Therefore, prompting great relief, British Airways now runs a flight out of Leeds to Heathrow, allowing people to get airside without facing the congestion at Heathrow. However, they cannot run for the early flights in the morning because there simply is not the capacity. I am worried that the report rules out the possibility of further expansion, if needed, with respect to regional airports. With that in mind, will my right hon. Friend, as he considers the Davies report, give serious consideration to other locations such as Stansted to ensure that we have future ongoing capacity, as well as the solution being looked at right now?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): I am not sure that the commission has ruled that out. I referred to a chapter in Sir Howard’s report, which talks about other airports playing a role and seeing those expand too. The point I would make to my hon. Friend is that one issue that is often raised is the availability of slots into London airports.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
James Morris (Conservative, Centre-right): While I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, will he reassure me, in the context of the decision he will take in the autumn, that in considering the relative merits of the commission’s report he will take into account the importance of airports such as Birmingham and regional economies such as the west midlands and the black country?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, indeed. The last time I made a statement on aviation capacity, I think I had more questions about the future of Birmingham airport than any other airport we discussed that day. That is not lost on me.
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Martin John Vickers (Conservative, Centre-right): While I welcome the expansion in the south east and recognise that it is important to the national economy, my constituents will also note that it represents further concentration of resources in the south. As we seem to have been doing something of a tour of regional airports during the past hour, I cannot help but mention Humberside, which is located in an area where many international companies are based. Will my right hon. Friend give an absolute assurance that airports such as Humberside will receive the necessary infrastructure to expand the local economy?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Ben Howlett (Conservative, Centre-right): Thank you for calling me, Mr Speaker. I have been able to cancel my step aerobics class tonight I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments on the link to Heathrow airport from the great western main line. Adding to the list of regional airports that we have been talking about, will he commit to looking at Bristol international airport, giving me and my constituents the confidence that he will do so over the summer?
Davies Commission Report — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): Mr Speaker, you have the habit of keeping the best until last I say to my hon. Friend the Member for Bath (Ben Howlett) that there has already been a lot of investment, including around Bristol airport. As has been made clear by everybody who has taken part in the debate on the statement, there is a lot more to look at than what is happening as far as London is concerned. That connectivity to all parts of the United Kingdom is important.
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Social Welfare
George Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree. The whole point is that we want to eradicate child poverty. This is not a departure from that proposal. However, we want to ensure that we do that by changing the long-term life chances of those who live in the poorest families. I do not want to have to stand here year after year and pretend that rotating people over the line of median income somehow means that we have succeeded. I said three or four years ago that child poverty had fallen under us according to that measure, but I said that I made no claim to have done that. The previous Government crashed the economy, which is why child poverty fell.
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Social Welfare
John Michael Howell (Conservative, Centre-right): Prior to 2010, when I was the party’s child poverty champion, we discussed these changes, so I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. Does he accept that they represent a comprehensive approach to dealing with child poverty that is actually going to help?
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Social Welfare
George Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): I am glad that my hon. Friend believes that, because so do I. The purpose of what I have set out today, after a great deal of consideration over the past few years and a full consultation on the matter, is to arrive at a situation in which we are able to help those children and families in the greatest difficulty and try to move them out of poverty so that they sustain their lives out and beyond poverty.
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Social Welfare
George Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the right hon. Gentleman’s comments. He knows very well that, as I have already said to him, I am very happy to engage with him and his Committee on these matters. As he says, at the beginning of the previous Parliament, we called on him and the hon. Member for Nottingham North (Mr Allen) to do some work for us, and I have remained absolutely wedded to the proposals that they brought forward. In fact, the Social Justice Cabinet Committee that I now chair is tasked with ensuring that those early intervention measures are driven through all Departments. My right hon. Friend the Education Secretary is already acting on much of that with the early educational markers and by driving attainment much earlier on in areas such as maths and literacy, which will be part of our measure. The right hon. Gentleman will, I hope, note that I talked about publishing, alongside that, life-chances measures for areas such as debt, drug and alcohol abuse, and family breakdown. Those measures will help to guide us on when we intervene to make the changes necessary.
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Social Welfare
Steven John Baker (Conservative, Centre-right): In constituencies such as Wycombe, for far too long the combination of relative measures plus coarse aggregates has hidden real poverty in certain wards. Will my right hon. Friend focus on practical outcomes for families and individuals so that we can get out of the position where we complacently ignore those in need and real suffering?
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Social Welfare
George Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree. Apart from the two key areas that we are going to study very hard and put forward proposals on—the educational attainment and worklessness measures—we will have a duty to report on the pathways to poverty that I spoke about. Those will be the guiders that allow us to drive forward the change that is necessary, often in the very early years, in families suffering deprivation.
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Macroeconomics
George Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree that low earnings are part of the problem, but that is exactly what we are trying to address in raising the thresholds and planning to raise them again to over £12,600. We have taken millions of people out of paying tax. We also targeted this by raising the minimum wage, which will rise again to £6.70. I have made it very clear that I personally want the minimum wage to rise even further. This Government are determined, through the mechanisms and interventions that I am talking about, to raise incomes and change life chances at the very earliest stage.
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Social Welfare
George Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): No. All those young people will always be supported by this Government. We are talking about getting the balance right between those who need support and can be supported by their families and those who have genuine and serious long-term difficulties. Part of the process I have announced today is to identify those families earlier. Universal credit helps enormously in identifying the families with debt problems, housing problems, and drug and alcohol problems. Getting to them and dealing with those problems is far better than the tokenism that the hon. Lady seems to be involved in.
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Social Welfare
Michael James Tomlinson-Mynors (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, which will continue to build on the Government’s work to address the root causes of poverty in Mid Dorset and North Poole and elsewhere. Does he agree that this Government’s work to support families and prevent family breakdown is critical in tackling child poverty and increasing children’s life chances?
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Social Welfare
George Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): I do believe that. One of the big failures of Governments is that too often they have been ambivalent about the whole concept of stable family structures and have simply chased the errors. Since we came to power, family life has stabilised, according to the latest reports. More than that, we are putting millions of pounds into help and support for those in danger of family break-up, and that never happened before.
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Macroeconomics
James Roger Cartlidge (Conservative, Centre-right): In my experience as a small business owner, I was absolutely shocked to find that members of staff would decline pay rises that we offered them because they would lose so much in tax credits in this absurd system. May I assure my right hon. Friend that he will have strong support from my constituents in South Suffolk if he undertakes radical reform of tax credits, because they are a benefit trap and they hold back social mobility?
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Labor
George Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): We are already engaged in that. Universal credit is rolling out, replacing the current system. That will make it much easier for people to find work and then to work different hours, whereas at the moment, under tax credits, they are often penalised for making a decision to change their hours because they lose far too much of their earnings. That reform is under way, and it will change lives.
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Social Welfare
Paul Christopher Maynard (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the Secretary of State’s thoughtful statement. Does he agree that, despite having figures for persistent poverty in the structure of the existing poverty targets, they have not hitherto succeeded in driving public policy change in Whitehall or in improving the life chances of those in persistent poverty in Blackpool and Cleveleys?
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Education
George Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): That is exactly the point I have been making. One of the big areas that has been missing is educational attainment. By locking in educational attainment, we are at last going to be able to look at a balance of measures that ask whether people are actually seeing their life chances progress. The group of people I most constantly worry about are the families who never got near the 60% line, whose life chances were flat. I want them to be able to follow a trajectory that goes above that line and for them to be able to get ahead under their own steam as they take control of their lives.
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2015-07-01
Topic: Labor
George Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady should recognise that wages are rising faster and more strongly than at any time since 2007, so we have started that process. We have also raised the minimum wage—it is due to go up to £6.70—but if the hon. Lady wants to press me, I absolutely agree with her. I want businesses—and I have said this before—to recognise that they need to pay the people who work for them a decent wage and not rely on the Government to subsidise that wage so that they can have bigger profits. I am going to campaign for that and I hope we will drive it.