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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will be aware of our ORCS—on-street residential chargepoint scheme—fund to support on-street charging. We also have the new LEVI—local electric vehicle…13 Jul 2023HANSARDCycling and Walking: InfrastructureThe fact of the matter is, through both covid and the Barnett formula, the Scottish Government have been funded at levels that vastly exceed those available in England. If one is…13 Jul 2023HANSARDTransport Infrastructure: DecarbonisationThe hon. Gentleman may know that we have just had a very interesting and successful potential negotiation at the International Maritime Organisation. We take this issue extremely…13 Jul 2023HANSARDTransport Infrastructure: DecarbonisationThe hon. Gentleman will be aware that a very wide range of information about potential costs and budgets is already in the public domain from the Department across a very wide…13 Jul 2023HANSARDCycling and Walking: InfrastructureWe take safety extremely seriously and have done a lot of work on this issue over the years. The whole point of having dedicated active travel infrastructure on the scale that it…13 Jul 2023HANSARDTransport Infrastructure: DecarbonisationI thank my hon. Friend for that question, and it is very interesting to hear about the work of Polypipe. She will be aware that those decisions are for National Highways as an…13 Jul 2023HANSARDHeathrow Airport Expansion: FundingWe recognise this important issue. The Secretary of State has had the question put to him by local stakeholders. He is considering the matter and will respond in due course.13 Jul 2023HANSARDHeathrow Airport Expansion: FundingThe answer is no.13 Jul 2023HANSARDCycling and Walking: InfrastructureI find that surprising, if I may say so, because this Government are not only investing, but seeking to reduce any possibility of conflict between drivers of cars and cyclists. I…13 Jul 2023HANSARDHeathrow Airport Expansion: FundingIt appears that the right hon. Gentleman knows a lot more about this than I do. Any expansion of Heathrow is a matter for it, as he will know. If that is financed, it will be by…13 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryIf that is the best the hon. Lady can do, she would have been better to wait for my response to her speech. No, the truth of the matter is that this country is engaged in…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI hope the hon. Lady will let me get to those points first. [ Interruption. ] We can go on, or Opposition Members can listen to what the Government are trying to say. The hon.…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI would give way, but I want to respond to the many other points from Members who actually made speeches.12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI would be happy to respond to the hon. Lady. That is not actually what I said. I said that I wanted to respond to the speeches and therefore I would not take interventions at…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryIt has been an interesting and absorbing debate, and I thank all those who have taken part in it. I must say that I take my hat off to the hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Volumetric Concrete Mobile PlantsIt is a delight to serve under you in the Chair, Mr Efford. I apologise to the Chamber that the roads Minister, the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, my hon. Friend the…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Volumetric Concrete Mobile PlantsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right that those are important issues, and it is very important that a call for evidence does not become a general trawl through the literature but…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Volumetric Concrete Mobile PlantsIt is not true to say there has been a focus on process rather than outcome. On the contrary, it is specifically the concern that there may be an adverse outcome on road wear and…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Volumetric Concrete Mobile PlantsThat is a separate question, and, of course, local authorities may or may not choose to do such things. This is about what the view of National Highways was, and as I have said,…22 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Lady will know, I have already outlined the support that we have been giving and the warm interest we take in hydrogen, so I am very interested to hear what she says.…08 Jun 2023