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HANSARDNational Bus Strategy: England (Outside London)Today the Government have published “Bus Back Better”, the long-term national bus strategy for England outside London. Our strategy will deliver better bus services for passengers…15 Mar 2021HANSARD National Bus Strategy: EnglandThe hon. Gentleman makes good points. I am very keen that crossing over some usually totally invisible line between one local authority and the other does not mean that the…15 Mar 2021HANSARD National Bus Strategy: EnglandI welcome what I think was a warm welcome to the idea of the English bus strategy. With all these things, I like to work in co-operation and make them work for the whole of the…15 Mar 2021HANSARD National Bus Strategy: EnglandMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about that. He will be interested to hear that part of this strategy is £20 million for rural bus services to try out different approaches. I am…15 Mar 2021HANSARD National Bus Strategy: EnglandI warmly welcome my hon. Friend’s contribution to this debate, not just with the point he has just made in this Chamber, but in his work with the Transport Committee in pushing…15 Mar 2021HANSARD National Bus Strategy: EnglandI would like to make a statement about bus services. Britain is often described as a railway nation, but if we have a national form of public transport, it is definitely the bus,…15 Mar 2021HANSARDSmart MotorwaysHighways England is delivering its plan for 2020 to 2025, with sets of all-lane running motorway schemes being delivered over the current road investment period. We have committed…11 Mar 2021HANSARDUnion Connectivity ReviewYesterday, I welcomed the Union connectivity review interim report. It marks an important moment in looking at how transport can bring people together across our United Kingdom.11 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very sorry to hear about what the hon. Gentleman’s local Labour council has been doing with the traffic situation there. I will ensure that the Roads Minister meets urgently…11 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: sub-national bodies are extremely important in helping to bring together what can be quite different, disparate systems within a sub-regional…11 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about public concern about smart motorways, which, as I mentioned before, I very much share. I was the first Transport Secretary to order a…11 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know from our many conversations of the hon. Gentleman’s enthusiasm to get greater control of bus services in his area. I can reassure him, exactly as he has just asked, that…11 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe £2.8 billion referred to earlier is designed to do exactly that—for example, investment in a megafactory or a gigafactory to produce those batteries, which is one of the…11 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman. I am not familiar with that situation, so I am grateful to him for bringing it to my attention, and I assure him that I will look into it this…11 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsDriving tests are among the many things for which there is a big backlog due to the pandemic. I know that because my children are desperate to take their driving tests—or will be…11 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn 12 April, my hon. Friend can look forward to seeing that report published. We will ensure that it contains a route not only out of lockdown for travel but, all being well, and…11 Mar 2021HANSARDUnion Connectivity ReviewThe interim report did, of course, mention the A55, which my hon. Friend has campaigned hard for. I have released £20 million to carry on further work and studies on some of these…11 Mar 2021HANSARDInternational Travel: Safe RestartThe Government have launched the global travel taskforce mark 2 in order to help facilitate international travel as we deal with this virus.11 Mar 2021HANSARDInternational Travel: Safe RestartMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. He will recall that mark 1 of the global travel taskforce introduced test to release to assist with this. Mark 2 will introduce travel…11 Mar 2021HANSARDInternational Travel: Safe RestartThe Chair of the Transport Committee is absolutely right; 12 April is the date that we will report back, and we will make it public on the same day. Travel for leisure or other…11 Mar 2021