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HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationI am always keen to work across the House, wherever we agree, including on that last point about aviation and, indeed, the number of car chargers in Scotland. That is all good,…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationI am afraid that we have been here before a couple of times of late, and I understand the difficulty for the hon. Gentleman. He freely acknowledges that he has not actually seen…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationThese are good questions. I just point out that the written statement was circulated to the House at 7 am this morning. It does indeed confirm that the plan is for domestic…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work that he has been doing with the midlands engine, and I thank him for welcoming the plan as well. I think it would be a great idea if…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationI hesitate to mention this, because I do not want to embarrass the hon. Lady, but she talks about our reading from Labour’s manifesto, and I can assure her that that is not the…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s enthusiasm for this agenda and his work on logistics and clean air. As far as I am aware, this is already the world’s most ambitious plan to…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his work as the UK’s net zero business champion, promoting all these causes. He is absolutely right—I have not been to Goodwin, but yesterday I…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationThis Duracell bunny says yes.14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationI congratulate my hon. Friend on his doughty campaign for the electrification of the line from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton. I know that he has met the Rail Minister, my hon.…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationThat is an excellent question. I have been speaking to the energy infrastructure, not only to make sure that it is secure against hackers, but also that we are able to ensure…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationA small but important sub-clause to my announcement that we will be consulting to outlaw the sale of diesel HGVs by 2040 is that by 2035—five years earlier—we will already have…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationThe hon. Lady will be pleased to hear that, if anything, we are ahead of schedule on the bus target, with 900 already on their way—in production—so I hope that we can go even…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right about our stance. We are not against the car. We want people to have access to cars; indeed, in rural areas they are often the only way…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationI am very excited about the opportunities to take traffic from ports and put it on to rail. It is known as intermodal, because it requires the delivery of gauge capacity…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationI am pleased to say that we have in many senses backed this, because we are of course ensuring that the consequentials from all our decisions, including decisions on the…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationTransport decarbonisation is a dull way of describing something much more exciting and far-reaching, because transport is not just about how we get around. It is much more…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationReassuringly for my hon. Friend, £1.8 billion is the answer: £582 million for plug-in vehicle grants towards her constituents’ needs and £1.3 billion for the roll-out of that…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationI absolutely agree that reducing noise pollution is critical. We are doing it in several ways. We have just passed legislation that redesigns airspace management and enables…14 Jul 2021HANSARDTransport DecarbonisationTransport decarbonisation is a dull way of describing something much more exciting and far-reaching. Because transport is not just how you get around. It is something that…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationThat is very much at the forefront of our mind; I thank my hon. Friend for his comments and for welcoming the statement. We already have plans in place to challenge stakeholders…14 Jul 2021