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HANSARDTransport DecarbonisationTransport decarbonisation through more active travel, electric vehicles, greener aviation and shipping, is at the heart of our green recovery.28 Jan 2021HANSARDTransport DecarbonisationI certainly share the hon. Gentleman’s enthusiasm for all things hydrogen, and I think I am right in saying that the UK Government fund a hydrogen bus project in Glasgow.…28 Jan 2021HANSARDTransport DecarbonisationThe audio was not perfect there, but I got the bit where the hon. Gentleman was saying that he is very enthusiastic about zero carbon and getting to the point where the UK…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for the Rail IndustryThe 2020 spending review provided a total of £10.1 billion of confirmed funding for the Department for Transport to support passenger rail services in England during the covid…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for the Rail IndustryMy hon. Friend from nearly the city of Southend is absolutely right to mention the importance of keeping the right level of trains running. I mentioned that we funded £10.1…28 Jan 2021HANSARDTraffic Management: KentWe are working to support all those in Kent with traffic management, including the Kent Resilience Forum and the local authorities. I also pay tribute to the military and to NHS…28 Jan 2021HANSARDTraffic Management: KentMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I pay tribute to her for the way that she has campaigned to keep Dover clear. She is right also in saying that before Christmas, President…28 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Saturday, I was delighted to announce £34 million to help to reopen the Northumberland rail line between Newcastle upon Tyne, Blyth and Ashington. Restoring many of the lines…28 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMr Speaker, do not think that I did not hear that plea for a rail station. I want to address the hon. Gentleman’s point about aviation. Again, without sounding like a stuck…28 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think my hon. Friend, the Chair of the Transport Committee, is absolutely right. This has required a proportionate and science-based approach to where people for quarantine in…28 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would like to clear up this confusion, because I do not think that a mis-statement should stand. I will quote from the hon. Gentleman on 3 July: “Labour, like families and…28 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is tragic that anybody ever dies on our roads, and it is worth recalling that motorways in general are safer than most roads overall. Smart motorways were, and are, an issue…28 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe House will know that, through a process called the Brexit operations committee, there were over 180 meetings, which have ensured that, with regard to the routing that those…28 Jan 2021HANSARDContingencies Fund AdvanceI hereby give notice of the Department for Transport having drawn advances from the Contingencies Fund totalling £5,808,000,000 to enable expenditure on covid-19 support packages…17 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. The hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton (Jim McMahon) will be pleased to hear that I am writing in considerable detail to all…03 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; while we are very keen to see the roll-out of e-scooters, and about 20 communities are already enjoying the benefits, we also want to ensure…03 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is nodding. I have had a similar constituency experience of that, where roads for estates built 15 years ago still have not been adopted. I do think that it is an…03 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. I am not sure whether this is one of those situations where the road has not yet been adopted and that is part of the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sorry that my hon. Friend has the most bashed bridge in Britain, and the Government want to take that accolade away from him. That bridge at Hinckley has benefited from the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, absolutely. It is crazy, the number of different cards people have to carry around and the membership schemes they have to join. It makes it very difficult. We have more…03 Dec 2020