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Workplace Parking Levy: Nottingham — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Questions: What discussions he has had with Nottingham City Council on the use of income from the workplace parking levy for transport projects in Nottingham; and if he will make a statement.
Andrew Hanson Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree that this is a very buoyant time—a positive time—for public transport in Nottingham. The workplace parking levy raises between £8 million and £9 million a year, and it does indeed contribute to the tram system. However, the coalition Government agreed to provide £371 million towards it, so many of the enhancements we see come from central Government. I would be delighted to go to Nottingham—they are doing a very good job there—and would happily discuss the funding arrangements.
Rolling Stock — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sure that my hon. Friend will join me in welcoming the introduction of an additional 9,000 peak-time seats on the Essex Thameside route by January next year. By 2024, capacity will increase by a further 16,000 seats.
Rolling Stock — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
David Anthony Andrew Amess (Conservative, Centre-right): As my right hon. Friend is aware, there has been some criticism from constituents about c2c train services and services on the Greater Anglia line. Will he share with the House when he expects further new rolling stock to be provided by c2c and when he expects the decision on the Greater Anglia franchise to be announced?
Rolling Stock — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): A number of improvements are coming to the c2c line. In the past, my hon. Friend has been incredibly critical, but he has welcomed many of the changes that have been brought in by the new franchise. Obviously, those take a bit of time to bed in, but I know he very much welcomes the extra availability and the new seats, and I hope to see those in operation as soon as possible.
Rolling Stock — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): I apologise to the right hon. Gentleman. The investment we have seen on his line, and the investment we are seeing in the new IEP trains and the new AT300s, which will serve places further into the south-west, are very welcome, and I am pleased that he welcomes that investment.
Rolling Stock — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Johanna Peta Churchill (Conservative, Centre-right): Following on from the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West (Sir David Amess), will the Secretary of State assure me that the East Anglia rail franchise announcement is imminent, as we expect, so that we in the east can move out of the sidings?
Rolling Stock — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): What the hon. Gentleman should be welcoming, as he always fails to do, is the vast investment that we are seeing on that railway line. He is now complaining about the upgrading of stock in the interim before the new IEP trains come in. I would have thought he would welcome that new service and also welcome the new service into London that will eventually serve Huddersfield.
Rolling Stock — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Philip Thomas Hollobone (Conservative, Centre-right): The Secretary of State and I use the midland main line operated by East Midlands Trains to get to and from our constituencies. The high-speed 125 trains on that line are rapidly approaching the end of their operating life. Will he ensure that, with the new franchise, they are replaced with new rolling stock and not recycled second-hand rolling stock from other lines?
Rolling Stock — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): When we come to look at the franchise for the east midlands line, I am sure that is one of the many issues we will take into account. It is worth pointing out that since 2010 we have seen almost 5,000 new carriages for use in the UK’s railway network. That is one of the biggest ever upgrades of our railway stock. Like my hon. Friend, as a regular user of the east midlands line I also hope it will get new rolling stock in due course.
Rolling Stock — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): We are doing a number of things with regard to the Transpennine route and the Northern route—not least, under this Government, the phasing out of the Pacer train. That was always promised and alluded to, but we are actually going to deliver on it, and I am very pleased about that. If the hon. Lady is saying that more needs to be done, I accept that, but the very fact that since 2010 , as I say, almost 5,000 new carriages will have been ordered and put into use on the railway network is a very commendable record.
Rolling Stock — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sure I can organise a meeting for my hon. Friend to discuss this problem. We had a bit of a look at it some time ago when I was last in her constituency, but I am more than happy to discuss any transport problems that she has.
Regional Airports — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government will soon update their aviation policy framework. As part of this update, the Government will consider the role that public service obligations can play in serving regional airports, which are a vital economic and social lifeline for all parts of the United Kingdom.
Regional Airports — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the hon. Gentleman to his position. I have been in this post for four years, and he is the fifth shadow Secretary of State I have seen and, I think, the 10th person to hold the Labour transport brief in nine years. I congratulate him on that. I also thank the hon. Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood) for the way in which she conducted herself while she was doing the job. Although at the moment she is sitting on the Back Benches, I am sure that that is only a temporary measure while certain things are sorted out If I may now come to the question—I have almost forgotten what it was—I think we all agree that regional airports play a vital role in connectivity. One of the issues about regional airports—this was alluded to in a previous question—is their accessibility to the London airport system. We have to consider such issues and some later questions may address them.
Regional Airports — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): That is one of the issues for which the Mayor of London has responsibility first, and I think he has already taken a view on it. When a decision comes to me, obviously it will have to go through the proper process. I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the opportunities for people to get to London airports.
Severn Bridges — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Andrew Hanson Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): The UK Government are committed to the continued successful operation of these vital crossings. The Government plan to consult this autumn on the proposed halving of tolls—which would represent a massive saving for users—as well as other options, including free-flow tolling.
Severn Bridges — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Andrew Hanson Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): I very much enjoyed that meeting and hearing the views of businesses in Wales and of Welsh Members. The concession will finish when £1.029 billion is returned from tolls to the public purse. We expect that to happen sometime in early 2018. We are working on the plans that will follow that transition. We will consult more broadly, but I entirely agree that keeping the tolls low will help businesses in the area.
Severn Bridges — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Andrew Hanson Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): The bridges are primarily in England, so that is an interesting Welsh land grab. As regards listening to the voice of businesses, if I was not listening to the voice of business, I would not have attended the meeting that was arranged by the hon. Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden) with the Freight Transport Association.
Airport Capacity — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): I had hoped that we would be able to announce a decision on airport capacity this summer. Clearly, any announcement on airport capacity would have to be made when the House was in session. Being realistic, given recent events, I cannot now foresee that there will be an announcement until at least October. We aim to publish the further analysis on air quality soon. Separately, promoters have announced undertakings that would increase the compensation available for residents living near the airports and the connectivity between other UK airports. The Government are fully committed to delivering the important infrastructure projects that they have set out, including the delivery of runway capacity on the timetable set out by the Davies report.
Airport Capacity — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Foreign Trade
Nigel Martin Evans (Conservative, Centre-right): It is another boring day at Westminster, and I was rather hoping that the Secretary of State might inject some excitement into it for me. Nobody can accuse him of rushing this decision. Post-Brexit, with a number of countries banging on the door of the UK to do trade deals, does he agree that increasing airport capacity at London City, London Heathrow and London Gatwick will be vital to British businesses throughout the UK?
Airport Capacity — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): Looking at the hon. Lady’s question, I did not realise that she was going to mention Birmingham, because her question specifically talks about south-east England. To the best of my knowledge, Birmingham has not moved since I knew it as a boy, 20 miles away from where I lived. Birmingham airport is a fantastic airport, which serves an important role as far as Birmingham and the midlands are concerned, and it has just had a runway extension.
Airport Capacity — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Alan Haselhurst (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend accept that even if he had been able to make an announcement on this subject today, the earliest that extra runway capacity could be provided would be 2023, and at worst probably 2030? Does that not point up the need to improve connectivity to Stansted, which is the only airport in the London area with the capacity to deal with the strain of extra demand?
Airport Capacity — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): That is one of those questions that one cannot really disagree with, and my right hon. Friend has a habit of asking such questions in Transport questions. Although I agree with the point he makes, the delivery of what he is asking for is somewhat more difficult than he suggests.
Airport Capacity — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): Well, one step at a time. If the hon. Lady does not mind my saying so, she is assuming a number of events, which I am not going to do. In all seriousness, I would say to the hon. Lady, who is Chair of the Transport Committee, that this is a very important and big decision for the United Kingdom and it is not an easy one. The simple fact is that whichever option we choose will impact on people’s lives. It is therefore right to make sure we do all the preparatory work on air quality and the other issues. However, I very much hope that a decision can be made later this year.
Airport Capacity — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Law and Crime
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt (Conservative, Centre-right): It is inconceivable that either the Home Secretary or the former Mayor of London would at this time put their constituency interests ahead of the national interest. I know that had the Secretary of State sought an assurance from the former Mayor of London that he would support this decision if the Government went ahead with it, he would have received it. Did he seek such an assurance, and if not, why not? This is not in the national interest, and it is not in the interests of people around Gatwick who will have to live with further uncertainty.
Airport Capacity — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): We are now back on familiar ground and I do not need to repeat what I said earlier. The simple fact is that I am very proud of the investment that this Government are putting into infrastructure. Infrastructure investment is 50% higher than it was during the last Parliament, and it is much larger than the amount put in by the previous Labour Government, so this Government are very committed to infrastructure investment. The hon. Lady talks about airport capacity, but there were airport capacity issues during the 13 years her party was in government, when it did nothing.
Tourists: Rail Travel — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Claire Louise Perry (Conservative, Centre-right): Millions of tourists use our railways, and we have products such as the BritRail pass to encourage this, but we want to do more. In March, the Prime Minister launched a £1 million competition to boost tourism specifically in relation to heritage and community railways, and it has been wildly successful. We had a fabulous array of bids, and we have made 17 grants to wonderful projects from Cornwall to Caledonia and from Welshpool to Warwick.
Tourists: Rail Travel — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Claire Louise Perry (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend knows that the Department is working with Network Rail, Great Western Railway and other stakeholders to look at the whole business case and funding opportunities to really improve the London-Oxford-Worcester train services. The Department will publish its next rail investment strategy in summer 2017, which will set out the investment plans for 2019 to 2024.
Tourists: Rail Travel — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Scott Leslie Mann (Conservative, Centre-right): It will come as no great surprise to the Minister that I would like to raise the Okehampton link, which is part of the south-west Peninsula Rail Task Force agenda. Does she believe, as I do, that there should be an economic assessment of the tourism benefits that use of that particular route could provide to businesses in north Cornwall?
Tourists: Rail Travel — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Claire Louise Perry (Conservative, Centre-right): Before answering my hon. Friend’s question, I will point out to him that two of those wonderful projects I mentioned were in Cornwall, so there was a really good effort by the peninsula. The Peninsula Rail Task Force will be working on a report to look at all sorts of options for enhancing that rail network. I look forward to receiving and studying that report later this year.
Tourists: Rail Travel — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Claire Louise Perry (Conservative, Centre-right): Investment in rail services in Wales is now devolved to the Welsh Administration, so that funding is a matter for them. I am sure that, like me, the hon. Gentleman will welcome the fact that three of the winners of the competitions I mentioned were based in Wales, including the wonderful velorail bike visitor attraction, which involves cycling along disused railways on enormous great bicycles. There will be some tourism uplift from investments like those.
Tourists: Rail Travel — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Claire Louise Perry (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Gentleman, like all right hon. and hon. Members whose constituencies are served by the line he refers to, knows that—largely due to the major investments in the region—the current performance has not been acceptable. The Government, operators and Network Rail have been working incredibly hard to solve those problems. It was great to see that by April of this year performance had climbed back up to a public performance measure of about 84%—not good enough, but getting better. Unfortunately, since then industrial action and high levels of conductor sickness have seen a deterioration in that measure. We have to get the unions and operators to settle their differences as soon as possible, for the sake both of tourists and of the right hon. Gentleman’s commuting constituents.
Road Investment Strategy — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government have launched the first ever road investment strategy, committing a record £15 billion up to 2020. Work is already under way on 20 of the schemes named in the road investment strategy, with five schemes already open to traffic in 2015-16. I can confirm that work on the A14—one of the biggest projects in our RIS, at £1.5 billion—is on track to start construction later this year.
Road Investment Strategy — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Andrew George Stephenson (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend agree that the momentous events of last week, and the opportunities they provide, mean that our transport infrastructure and schemes such as the road investment strategy are now more important than ever?
Road Investment Strategy — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): It is very important that we press on with both road and rail infrastructure projects. They are often controversial when we start them, but by the time they are completed people have usually asked why we did not start them some time ago.
Road Investment Strategy — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): This is coming from the party that actually stopped investment in road spending almost completely. We are creating record investment while having to clear up some of the mess made by years of under-investment while the Labour party was in office. I do not recognise the points the hon. Gentleman has made.
South-east England: Runways — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Questions: What steps he is taking to ensure that a decision is made as soon as possible on the new airport runway in south-east England.
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government are fully committed to delivering the important infrastructure projects they have set out. The hon. Gentleman heard what the Secretary of State had to say about the decision on runway capacity in the south-east.
South-east England: Runways — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Questions: What steps he is taking to ensure that a decision is made as soon as possible on the new airport runway in south-east England.
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): I think the Secretary of State was very clear. There are some other interesting developments, for example Stobart Air is looking at connections between Carlisle and Belfast, Carlisle and Dublin, and Carlisle and Southend, which will increase connectivity and improve the prospects for tourism so that people in the north of England can visit the wonderful Ulster that he represents.
South-east England: Runways — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Questions: What steps he is taking to ensure that a decision is made as soon as possible on the new airport runway in south-east England.
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): The Davies report made very clear the importance of connectivity in the south-east to the regions, the north of England, Ulster, Scotland and elsewhere. We are very mindful of the issues that have been raised by colleagues from around the country.
Local Roads — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Andrew Hanson Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): The Department published its latest assessment in March 2016. This assessment shows that local classified roads are improving, with fewer local classified roads that should be considered for maintenance. But there is still much to do, which is why the Government have committed record levels of investment, over £6 billion, to highways maintenance up to 2021, as well has having a pothole action fund totalling £250 million in this Parliament.
Local Roads — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Andrew Richard Rosindell (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for his reply, but is he aware of the significant difficulties my constituents face travelling east from Romford due to the congestion caused by the roundabout and flyover at Gallows Corner? At peak times, this roundabout can cause complete gridlock in parts of my constituency. Will he raise this matter with the Greater London Authority and work with the Mayor of London to organise a new road layout? That would be a great relief to the local constituents in Romford and throughout the London Borough of Havering.
Local Roads — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Andrew Hanson Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): This is a matter for Transport for London, because it is part of the local network. TfL consulted on proposals earlier this year in respect of road safety improvements at Gallows Corner, but my hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. I would be very happy to take this up with the Mayor and TfL. I suggest that the most helpful way forward would be for both of us to continue to do just that.
Departmental Funding: Shipley — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Transportation
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): My Department has allocated over £41 million of local transport funding this year to the West Yorkshire combined authority and nearly £233 million over the life of the Parliament to improve local roads and deliver integrated transport schemes across west Yorkshire. It is for local authorities to decide how funding is allocated to schemes.
Departmental Funding: Shipley — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Macroeconomics
Philip Andrew Davies (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very grateful for the answer, but the Minister failed to say how much of that had been spent in the Shipley constituency, which was the driving force behind my question. I think we can take it from that response that the answer is very little, if we are being generous. What is his Department doing to ensure that Labour west Yorkshire authorities are not just spending money in the Labour heartlands, but that the whole of west Yorkshire benefits from Government investment?
Departmental Funding: Shipley — House of Commons, 2016-06-30
Topic: Macroeconomics
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend makes a very valid point. Maybe those in charge in west Yorkshire should look at some of our national projects. We are determined to invest where investment is needed, in many cases in areas in the north of England not run by our own party, to stimulate jobs and to contribute to the northern powerhouse, something to which I hope the council and those in control in west Yorkshire will pay attention.