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HANSARDElectric VehiclesBy 2035, all new cars and vans need to be zero emission at the tailpipe. We are investing £2.8 billion to support this transition.11 Mar 2021HANSARDElectric VehiclesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that the UK is at the forefront of the electric-vehicle industry, and I want her constituency to play its part. We are working with the…11 Mar 2021HANSARDCommercial SpaceflightOn Friday 5 March 2021, I published the Government’s response to the consultations which were held in the summer and autumn of 2020 on the secondary legislation which will…08 Mar 2021HANSARDSpaceflight Regulator: Environmental ObjectivesI am today publishing the consultation on the Government’s environmental objectives which the spaceflight regulator will take into account when exercising its spaceflight…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021. Sir Graham, it is a great pleasure to serve under…08 Feb 2021HANSARD Draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021I thank the Committee for its consideration of the regulations, and I thank the hon. Member for Ilford South for his support of the statutory instrument. I agree that this is not…08 Feb 2021HANSARD Driving Tests: High WycombeI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker) for securing this debate, and also for the incredibly informative way he has laid out the case for the continuation of…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Driving Tests: High WycombeI welcome my hon. Friend’s remarks, and associate myself with his comments about Buckinghamshire Council. To be clear, that is a matter for the local planners, not for me, but we…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Extension of Driving Theory Test CertificatesI assure the hon. Gentleman that we want to ensure that theory tests are available to all candidates. I will certainly consider the matter that he raised and discuss it with my…28 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Extension of Driving Theory Test CertificatesYes, of course. All these measures will be taken according to road safety and the regulations and standards that we rightly expect the DVSA to abide by. I would like to address…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCar-free EnvironmentsThe Government strongly agree that investment in cycling and walking infrastructure delivers benefits to national and local economies, better public health and cheaper travel.…28 Jan 2021HANSARDOxford-Cambridge ExpresswayThe project is paused and no work is being done on it. We are considering how other transport interventions can best support growth and jobs in the Oxford to Cambridge arc.28 Jan 2021HANSARDSupport for Hauliers Transporting to and from the EUWe certainly share the hon. Lady’s desire to see the live music scene open once again in this country. The trade and co-operation agreement that the Government have negotiated…28 Jan 2021HANSARDSupport for Hauliers Transporting to and from the EUHow could I possibly turn down such a wonderful invitation? I can tell my hon. Friend that I have already visited an information and advice site in Hopwood. It is a fantastic…28 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Extension of Driving Theory Test CertificatesThe hon. Gentleman tempts me into a broad discussion that it would not be appropriate for me to undertake at this point, because we are discussing the particular issue of…28 Jan 2021HANSARDImproving Roads in EnglandThe Department is committed to providing improvements for all road users. It is providing over £2.7 billion for the maintenance of England’s local highway network outside London…28 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Extension of Driving Theory Test CertificatesI thank the hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) for securing this important debate, which I am sure is being watched closely by many drivers up and down the country. The…28 Jan 2021HANSARDOxford-Cambridge ExpresswayI can assure the hon. Lady that the Government have announced plans to develop with local partners a long-term spatial framework, and that it is along the lines of the 25-year…28 Jan 2021HANSARDSupport for Hauliers Transporting to and from the EUWe have rolled out a large-scale haulier communications campaign, opened 46 information and advice sites around the country and published our haulier handbook in 14 languages—all…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCar-free EnvironmentsI very much thank the hon. Lady for the way in which she is championing active travel in the city of York, and the Department strongly shares that ambition. For example, she will…28 Jan 2021