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HANSARD TransportI agree with my right hon. Friend on the importance of stopping those pinch points, where traffic just idles, pumps out all this CO 2 and creates pollution. That clearly is not…05 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to argue that the Army and Navy flyover should be removed now that it has been closed. We want to make sure, whatever happens, that very low…05 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportI can absolutely reassure the hon. Lady that under this Government we are seeing, and will be seeing, a lot more electrification. I do take slight issue with the idea that the…05 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportI will make a little progress, if the hon. Lady does not mind. It is important to realise that we are very keen not only to reduce CO 2 but to grow the economy at the same time.…05 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportThat was worked in well, and there is an important point to make. We want to ensure the supply chain not just of steel and electrical steel but of batteries in a gigafactory. Last…05 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportThat is not something that I have come across, and I am happy to look into it with my team of Ministers, because public safety measures need to be investigated properly. If the…05 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportI have another few minutes, and I want to give other colleagues a chance to contribute, so I will conclude by mentioning a few more things, particularly promoting healthier forms…05 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportThat is just the start. We will work closely with the aviation sector through reduction schemes, by working with international aviation and by producing fuels that do not emit…05 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportAs the hon. Gentleman will know, that project is led by the Mayor of London and Transport for London, but I meet and speak to them regularly and would be happy to chase up the…05 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportIt will arrive before very long. I have seen the problems at the Air Balloon roundabout with my very own eyes, along with my hon. Friend and other colleagues, and I am keen to see…05 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: the railways are too fragmented. They are not, as the hon. Member for Middlesbrough (Andy McDonald) suggested, being renationalised, but we do…30 Jan 2020HANSARDRoad SafetyI should like to start by thanking the hon. Lady for her sterling work as Chair of the Select Committee on Transport, which I am sure is recognised by all Members of the House.…30 Jan 2020HANSARDTransport Investment: Regional DisparitiesI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend and pay tribute to him for his doughty campaigning for the reopening of that line. Members across the House should have received a letter…30 Jan 2020HANSARDTransport Investment: Regional DisparitiesI was delighted to visit my hon. Friend’s constituency to see that railway line. I absolutely support his ambition and look forward to seeing him at the Beeching meeting on 4…30 Jan 2020HANSARDTransport Investment: Regional DisparitiesIt has taken seven minutes for the subject to be raised. I do not wish to disappoint my hon. Friend, but he will not have to wait very long. We will make an announcement next…30 Jan 2020HANSARDTransport Investment: Regional DisparitiesI would be delighted to meet the hon. Gentleman. He may recall that I came up to his neck of the words during the election campaign and pledged that, through the local funding…30 Jan 2020HANSARDRoad Network: EnglandI will never forget my recent visit to the site of that roundabout with my hon. Friend, and I look forward to it being taken forward as part of road investment strategy 2, which…30 Jan 2020HANSARDRoad Network: EnglandLike the hon. Lady, I support the ambition for more cycling. That £350 million is in addition to the existing funding, and I think she will be pleased to back our manifesto…30 Jan 2020HANSARDRoad Network: EnglandI need to be cautious—it is going through due process, and I will contact my hon. Friend to give him a bit more detail.30 Jan 2020HANSARDRoad Network: EnglandI am delighted to help everybody travel through and beyond the hon. Gentleman’s constituency as quickly as possible. I would be happy to meet him or, probably more helpfully, to…30 Jan 2020