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HANSARDThomas CookMy hon. Friend is right, at least in part. The ATOL coverage will cover a large proportion of the cost. However, the company was an airline as well as a travel company and, as my…24 Oct 2019HANSARDThomas CookThat is simply not correct. I met the chief executive of the company on 9 September, and I have checked my closing words to him at that meeting, which were— [ Interruption. ] The…24 Oct 2019HANSARDThomas CookNow that the repatriation of those Thomas Cook passengers is complete, my focus is on the next steps, including the announcement in the Queen’s Speech that the airline insolvency…24 Oct 2019HANSARDThomas CookThe whole House and, indeed, the whole country is aware that those on the Opposition Front Bench do not understand how an economy functions.24 Oct 2019HANSARDRail PerformanceYes, and the hon. Gentleman will be interested to know that I had a conversation yesterday about setting up exactly such a meeting for those purposes. So the answer is yes.24 Oct 2019HANSARDRail PerformancePerhaps the hon. Lady missed it, but I mentioned to the Transport Committee last week that I had already issued a request for the proposal, which, as she will know, is the first…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI watched with great interest the evidence from Highways England in front of the Committee yesterday and noted the comments of the chief exec. I will ensure that the Department is…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady may be surprised to hear that I agree with her. Some of these salaries—in both road and rail—have gone off the scale, and I am already addressing the issue.24 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon Friend has campaigned on this issue, quite rightly, for a very long time, and she gives me the opportunity to correct something that was suggested from the Front…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTransport SustainabilityI want to echo the sentiments expressed yesterday by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister regarding the awful events in Grays, Essex. Inquiries are ongoing, but, having worked…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTransport SustainabilityThe figure is 2.6% for low emission and electric cars, and the hon. Lady will be aware that there has been an 122% increase in sales of electric cars this year compared with last…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTransport SustainabilityThe hon. Gentleman will be interested to know that just the other day I went to see the aircraft that is being developed at Cranfield University by Britten-Norman for electric…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTransport SustainabilityMy hon. Friend has been fighting hard on this issue, and I would be more than happy to meet him, with the Minister of State, Department for Transport, my hon. Friend the Member…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTransport SustainabilityI am very concerned to hear about my hon. Friend’s constituent Priscilla and the way that that incident unfolded. Rail safety, in all its forms, is clearly a big concern to…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTransport SustainabilityFor the record, let me correct the figures given inadvertently by the hon. Gentleman. About a third of emissions come from transport, and about 90% of those are from vehicles. On…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTransport SustainabilityThe interesting thing about the countries the hon. Gentleman cites is that largely they do not produce cars. It is very, very easy if you are not a car manufacturer to introduce…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTransport SustainabilityI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments about the events in Grays, Essex yesterday. We will work together on that. Green number plates are just one very small part of a very,…24 Oct 2019HANSARDRail PerformanceI think that the hon. Lady may be referring to the Hope Valley line. I should be very happy to speak to her about it in more detail and look forward to our meeting up.24 Oct 2019HANSARDTransport SustainabilityAs I have already said, I passionately believe in bringing this forward. I have already said that I am going to investigate moving forward from 2040 to 2035 a commitment given…24 Oct 2019HANSARDRail PerformanceMy hon. Friend the rail Minister has informed me that he has met many of the hon. Gentleman’s colleagues and will be happy to meet him as well, as will I.24 Oct 2019