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HANSARDDemocratic Republic of Congo-UK RelationsThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker; it is a pleasure to be here and I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) for securing this…28 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealI commend my right hon. Friend for taking the urgent question. It is a pleasure to have a moment to pop down and add my voice to the important point that the deal was commenced…26 Oct 2022HANSARDTransport UpdateThe Government are today introducing the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill. This meets the Prime Minister’s commitment to introduce this Bill within her first 30…20 Oct 2022HANSARDMajor Transport Infrastructure: North of EnglandMayoral combined authorities across the north of England each received a share of £5.7 billion over five years from the city region sustainable transport settlements to transform…13 Oct 2022HANSARDMajor Transport Infrastructure: North of EnglandThe Government are incredibly disappointed that air operations at Doncaster Sheffield airport are expected to close from the start of November. We recognise that that will be…13 Oct 2022HANSARDMajor Transport Infrastructure: North of EnglandMy hon. Friend is a doughty champion for all transport infrastructure in County Durham, having been so before and indeed now that he is in the House. I will ensure that he can sit…13 Oct 2022HANSARDMajor Transport Infrastructure: North of EnglandMy parliamentary neighbour is nothing if not a champion for all things active travel. I would be very happy for him to sit down with the new cycling Minister to discuss that in…13 Oct 2022HANSARDMajor Transport Infrastructure: North of EnglandDepartment for Transport Ministers and officials have been clear throughout that the Government support our regional airports and that they provide a vital contribution.…13 Oct 2022HANSARDMajor Transport Infrastructure: North of EnglandAs I say, we continue to show that support for our regional airports, but at the end of the day this is an airport held in ownership by the Peel Group and we want to continue to…13 Oct 2022HANSARDTransport Sector Vacancies and Shortage OccupationsThe Department regularly reviews the impact of labour shortages on the transport industry. Currently, there are currently 54,000 vacancies in the transport and storage sector, so…13 Oct 2022HANSARDTransport Sector Vacancies and Shortage OccupationsThe newly established transport employment and skills taskforce is already taking steps to identify and address the shortage of skills and jobs across the transport sector that we…13 Oct 2022HANSARDMotorists: Fuel CostsI agree with my hon. Friend that we need to focus on the challenges in rural areas, including my own constituency, which is why we asked the Competition and Markets Authority to…13 Oct 2022HANSARDMotorists: Fuel CostsI regularly discuss fuel prices with Cabinet colleagues, particularly those in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Our Departments are working with the…13 Oct 2022HANSARDMotorists: Fuel CostsThe hon. Member is indeed Northern Ireland this morning, as he sits alone on his Bench, and we are always pleased to hear him raise such important issues. Questions of finance…13 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI recently addressed the 41st International Civil Aviation Organisation triennial assembly, where I set out the key challenges that aviation faces and urged action, particularly…13 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises an important point. She will have heard earlier much discussion of the investments that we continue to make in buses. I am happy to ask the Minister who…13 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI look forward to continuing to extend the work that my predecessor set running to build that relationship, improve the workplace environment for our seafarers and to ensure that…13 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis issue is important to me personally; we will be continuing to work through it at pace and, as soon as parliamentary time allows, make sure that we bring forward the…13 Oct 2022HANSARDMajor Transport Infrastructure: North of EnglandI have asked my officials to meet the Mayor of the combined authority in the very near future to continue the discussions we have already had, but, as I say, this is ultimately a…13 Oct 2022HANSARDA47-A11 Thickthorn junction development consent orderThis statement confirms that it has been necessary to extend the deadline for a decision on the A47-A11 Thickthorn junction development consent order made under the Planning Act…22 Sept 2022