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Active Travel — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
James Barry Daly (Conservative, Centre-right): Bury Council has outlined plans for 70 new or upgraded crossings and five miles of protected cycle routes on busy roads, which if completed, would allow 88% of the population to use the Greater Manchester Bee Network. Implementation of those plans, however, has stalled, despite funding being in place. Will the Secretary of State meet me to ensure Bury North residents have the benefit of those improvements at the earliest opportunity?
Active Travel — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Manchester Bee Network is extremely important. I can inform him that the Greater Manchester Combined Authority has already had £3.174 million to assist in projects such as this and, of course, either myself or the Minister with responsibility for cycling will be absolutely delighted to meet him.
Active Travel — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): As the hon. Lady will know, the Government are very much in favour of people being able to take active transport, but we are not against the car. That is why we are investing £27 billion in roads, but I can tell her—I am sure she will welcome this—that we think the priority for walking and cycling is absolutely essential. I think she will be very pleased with what we have to say in forthcoming guidance on the subject.
Aviation: Decarbonisation — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Energy
Henry Edward Millar Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): Britain has the potential to be world leading in sustainable aviation fuels, but for that we need to act fast. Will the Secretary of State therefore consider a request from the industry for £500 million of match funding to achieve that?
Aviation: Decarbonisation — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Environment
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right, and I absolutely join him on Birmingham’s commitment to that. It is joining other airports including, I think, Bristol, which has already achieved zero carbon, as well as Farnborough and some of the larger airports. What I have been most impressed with is the way in which the industry has embraced the Jet Zero Council and the idea of getting to zero carbon, signing its own pledges to get there. We are determined to meet this commitment, which we will hear a lot more about in the coming weeks and months.
Rail Service Frequency — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Suzanne Webb (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister is a big fan of buses, just as I am a big fan of trains—I do not make model trains yet, though—so I am proud to support a Government who are investing £48 billion into railways, giving them the biggest upgrade since Victorian times. Will my hon. Friend assure me that such funding will be used to ensure that communities across all parts of the country such as mine in Stourbridge, have access to reliable, punctual railways?
Rail Service Frequency — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative, Centre-right): I had already noted that my hon. Friend has a passion for rail as she has sponsored a bid to reinstate a railways fund for the "Stourbridge Dasher," which I look forward to examining shortly. Yes, the Government are investing £48 billion in our railways in the period 2019 to 2024—that figure does not include HS2—with the intention to use that money to deliver a reliable rail service that helps to level up our country.
Rail Service Frequency — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the hon. Gentleman to the Front Bench. We have had a conversation already and I look forward to working with him. Our railways are a very important part of bringing our nation’s economy back. It is quite straightforward: we will have a reliable train service that will be one of the cleanest on the planet. We want to get customers back when they are able to travel, given the appropriate guidance. Working together, I think we can do that.
Public Transport Access: Sight Loss — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government remain committed to delivering inclusive transport for all passengers. My officials and I meet regularly with transport providers and make it clear that they must consider the needs of all passengers as transport restarts. My most recent meeting involving a sight loss charity was last Friday.
Public Transport Access: Sight Loss — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the hon. Lady for her excellent question. She is absolutely right in everything she says. I have been working with a whole range of accessibility groups and disability charities to try to make sure that we get our messaging right, because we want to welcome everyone back to our rail system eventually and we want it to be the most accessible in the world. We have a long way to go, but we are working with those groups to deliver that service as best we can.
Leaving the EU: Road Haulage — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Rachel Helen Maclean (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman touches on an important point that I as a Minister and my Department as a whole are focusing on. We are working through detailed plans to ensure that traffic flows smoothly through Kent, so that goods and services can continue to flow to the EU and elsewhere, as they do at the moment.
Hydrogen Vehicles — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Rachel Helen Maclean (Conservative, Centre-right): We are accelerating the use of hydrogen vehicles through demonstration and R&D projects to fulfil our ambitions for greener transport and to level up the country. Decarbonising transport requires the sector and users to embrace new technology and innovations such as hydrogen like never before.
Hydrogen Vehicles — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Energy
Rachel Helen Maclean (Conservative, Centre-right): I entirely agree with my hon. Friend’s comments. We are totally well placed to be a leader in clean hydrogen and fuel cell technology, and that is down to our high-quality engineering and manufacturing capability. This Government, I as a Minister and the whole Department are working at pace to develop our green recovery plan, and hydrogen will form a key part of that.
Hydrogen Vehicles — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Energy
George William Freeman (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister and the Secretary of State for the work that they are doing, in particular, on the transport decarbonisation plan that he and I started together. Does the Minister agree that to make the post-covid recovery a real catalyst both for levelling up and sustainable growth, an industrial strategy for hydrogen fuel with four, five or six green hydrogen transport hubs, from Aberdeen to Teesside, Norfolk, Bristol and Northern Ireland, and a major procurement package for hydrogen buses would really help the UK to take a lead, drive down the cost, and lead in the science and R&D of hydrogen fuel?
Hydrogen Vehicles — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Energy
Rachel Helen Maclean (Conservative, Centre-right): I will take this opportunity to thank my hon. Friend for his valuable contribution in driving forward this vital agenda. We are a world leader in technology, innovation and R&D and, as he will know, we have invested £121 million in UK hydrogen technology to make sure that it plays a key part in our green recovery and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. He is also right that this has the potential to drive a fantastic flourishing and see levelling up across our whole country. We are working to include hydrogen and ensure that it plays a key part in the green recovery and our levelling-up ambitions.
Aviation Sector: Worker Protection — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Kelly Jane Tolhurst (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government remain committed to an open dialogue with the sector as we work towards our shared ambition of getting aviation up and running again. We encourage the industry and unions to engage constructively with each other.
Aviation Sector: Worker Protection — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Labor
Kelly Jane Tolhurst (Conservative, Centre-right): All redundancies or any threat to jobs in this unprecedented pandemic is incredibly worrying for all workers, and my sympathies are with all those affected at this time. I have spoken to Willie Walsh and encouraged BA and the unions to engage constructively with each other. Employees should be treated fairly and in the spirit of partnership and we are working with the aviation sector on a restart and recovery plan. Of course, we will be looking at all regulations at our disposal.
Decarbonisation — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Marco Longhi (Conservative, Centre-right): Will the Secretary of State please do all he can to bring forward the very light rail scheme in Dudley so that we can benefit not just from the environmental impact that the scheme will bring, but from the economic benefits as we bounce back from covid-19?
Decarbonisation — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): I am aware of my hon. Friend’s enthusiasm and support for the very light rail scheme in Dudley, and we are keen to support it. It is important to get Dudley Council working with the West Midlands Combined Authority and the local enterprise partnership. We very much look forward to receiving the detailed business case.
Electric Cycles — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Royston Matthew Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): Southampton has received Government funding for additional cycle lanes, many of which lie unused for most of the day. My constituency is surrounded by hills, which is quite a deterrent for people on cycles. E-bikes and e-scooters could make a significant difference. I welcome the news that e-scooters will become legal this weekend, but without relaxing the regulations for privately owned e-scooters, a city centre hire scheme will make little or no difference in Southampton. Will my hon. Friend look again at privately owned e-scooters to encourage more of my constituents out of their cars?
Electric Cycles — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right to say that we need to capitalise on the unprecedented growth in active travel that we have seen recently, especially on bicycles and e-bicycles. He is completely correct about e-scooters; these trials will only include rental scooters. This will allow them to take place in a controlled manner while we assess the safety and other impacts. A wide range of e-scooters are available, building to different standards. I would like to think that the trials will demonstrate how useful they are in the mix for active travel.
Local Sustainable Transport Plans — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Rachel Helen Maclean (Conservative, Centre-right): Local areas have a key role to play in decarbonising transport and stimulating a green recovery. We welcome plans from local authorities, and have supported their shift to cycling and walking with a £250 million emergency active travel fund.
Local Sustainable Transport Plans — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Rachel Helen Maclean (Conservative, Centre-right): I assure the hon. Gentleman that I completely share his desire to do things faster than they have been done to date. We have brought forward the e-scooter trials, which will see e-scooters being rolled out in Tees Valley and across the country to immediately harness the benefits of the green air that we are seeing as a result of the pandemic lockdown situation. A whole host of other measures are coming onstream, all backed up by £2 billion of Government support for active travel including cycling and walking. We will continue to work on this through our transport decarbonisation plan.
Maritime Sector Jobs — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Kelly Jane Tolhurst (Conservative, Centre-right): I note the hon. Gentleman’s particular interest in this policy area. We have had many discussions on this issue and he knows that I am committed to doing what I can as the Minister responsible for maritime to increase the ability of UK seafarers to work on our routes. We have supported the ferry sector with a with a freight support package to protect what we needed within the UK, but the hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: we want to make sure that we are able to create an environment in which we can increase the number of seafarers operating around our coastal shores.
Railways: Passenger Confidence — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, but I think he is mixing up the reaction to the obvious pressures we have had because of the pandemic with our plans for the future. Some of the plans that he outlined are delayed, yes, but that is because people were not able to work safely during the pandemic. The train line that he mentioned is no longer serving Bletchley because nobody was using it. These services will all return and they will be reliable and cleaner than ever before.
Transport Project Construction — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Andrew George Stephenson (Conservative, Centre-right): I pay tribute to the work that my hon. Friend did when he was a Department for Transport Minister. Work is now under way on platform 0 at Leeds and is expected to be completed by early next year. It will enable Northern to operate services more reliably.
UK Seafarers — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Kelly Jane Tolhurst (Conservative, Centre-right): I very much thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. I happen to be able to inform him that next week I will be holding an international summit with a particular focus on crew change and how we can do our best for seafarers internationally.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): With your permission, Mr Speaker, I wish to say a word about how we would like to pay tribute to the transport workers who have, as Members have mentioned, lost their lives during this crisis. Many of them are providing the food on our tables and helping the key workers in the NHS and care workers to get to work to support us all. We would therefore like to set up a commemorative memorial for transport workers, and I can think of no better location than Victoria station, where Belly Mujinga was an employee who sadly lost her life.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend has absolutely nailed it; he is spot on. That is of course what we must do. I can report to him that 98% of the purchasing for HS2 so far been from British suppliers. There is of course a supply chain involved, but I absolutely support my hon. Friend’s ambition and I know he will do what Network Rail does—it buys nearly all its steel British.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative, Centre-right): We have devolved significant power and funding to metro mayors, including to the metro mayor of Manchester, to ensure that he can deliver the transport schemes needed to unlock housing and growth, so that Greater Manchester’s economy can thrive as the heart of the northern powerhouse. The bypass is one scheme for the Mayor to consider prioritising and thereby, we hope, deliver. We will happily work with him to ensure that conversation continues at pace.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the hon. Lady for her question. Actually, £504,000 has been provided to Sheffield City Region Combined Authority to date through the covid-19 bus service support grant. In addition, we are spending a huge amount of money—£3 billion—on a bus strategy going forward. I would like to think we can work together to deliver the service that her constituents require.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is important to ensure we can provide reassurance for passengers, but also do something useful with the screening, perhaps beyond what just asking people to take a temperature check provides. We are actively working with Heathrow and other airports to put exactly those types of schemes in place, and I will be saying more about those in time for the following review of air corridors.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Environment
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Member will be interested to hear about the transport decarbonisation plan, which I think she will find goes way beyond even the ambitions that she has set out. She will not have to wait too much longer to see that in detail, but I have already mentioned the net zero board, which is driving exactly the change she seeks.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Felicity Christiana Buchan (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome my right hon. Friend’s comment in response to the previous question that he is considering introducing testing at airports. Will he consider backing the scheme that Swissport and Collinson are proposing as a pilot?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): It is indeed very frustrating that so much revenue failed to be collected in the previous four years because prices were not changed to keep up with inflation. There were no changes in the congestion charge either. Effectively, £700 million of take was left on the table by the London Mayor, meaning that the Government have had to come in and bail out Transport for London for £1.6 billion. A large chunk of that is uncollected revenue, and changes are having to be made for youngsters’ travel. Members across the House must recognise that it is fair that people in other parts of the country do not unduly subsidise the Mayor, who failed to collect the funds.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Marco Longhi (Conservative, Centre-right): As I am sure my right hon. Friend will be aware, a number of local authorities, such as Dudley Council, can derive a significant income from their shareholding in local airports. Will he and his colleagues in government do all he can to mitigate the negative impact of a substantive loss in income during the pandemic, as that income would have paid for services?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Government Operations
Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government recognise the impact on many local authorities that the hon. Gentleman has outlined. We have announced a vast package of support for local authorities, and we are consulting across government on the issues that he has raised today.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman reflects a concern that we have heard expressed across the House today and previously, and the Transport Committee has done excellent work. The Government are concerned about this. We have put in a lot of money through the furlough scheme to support jobs. We now expect British Airways, other companies and the unions to sit down and sort this out properly.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): I am aware that my right hon. Friend and other colleagues met the roads Minister recently on the important subject of the A21. I absolutely share his passion. I know that it is currently earmarked for RIS 3, but we are setting up the speed unit in DFT—the acceleration unit—to try to ensure that we can deliver this important infrastructure faster. We undertake to work with him to bring forward what I know is not an enormous scheme but would make a huge difference.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): As I mentioned in an answer a few moments ago, we have already put billions of pounds into supporting this sector. The hon. Lady may be pleased to hear that there is something she can do, and that is to ask the Scottish Government to join with us to ensure that we can have air bridges in place nationwide as quickly as possible.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Robert John Blackman (Conservative, Centre-right): Thank you, Mr Speaker; what else would you put on for Transport questions? My right hon. Friend the Transport Secretary has already outlined the concerns about Transport for London’s finances. Will he update the House on his discussions with Transport for London and the Mayor of London about the long-term issues with TfL’s finances? Will he also nail the lie that it was a Government requirement to extend the congestion charge to seven days a week from 7 am to 10 pm, which will strangle London’s recovery from this pandemic?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Grant Shapps (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I explained a few moments ago, after failing to collect £700 million of fares in various forms and then coming to Government with a request for £1.6 billion, it stands to reason that something has to give. He is absolutely right to mention that it is the Mayor’s decision to extend the remit and the time of the congestion charge, although I have to say that the Mayor left himself with precious few options, having failed to collect that money for all those years.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Joy Inboden Morrissey (Conservative, Centre-right): Will my right hon. Friend assure me that transport infra- structure will be at the heart of this Government’s levelling up agenda, and that the £100 million that was announced for roads in the Prime Minister’s new deal for Britain is only the start? May I also ask the Minister to spare a thought for the roads and potholes of Beaconsfield?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-07-02
Topic: Transportation
Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government have a massive agenda of levelling up this country and providing transport infrastructure that is fit for years to come. We are doing that, and we are investing in it. We look forward to supporting my hon. Friend in filling potholes in her constituency, too.