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HANSARDAviation: Noise and FuelThe Government recognise that there are impacts associated with aircraft noise and keep all relevant evidence under review. The Department for Transport has previously…02 Mar 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Zero EmissionsThank you, Mr Speaker. It is great to see you in such robust form this morning, if I may say so. A technical consultation on the zero-emission vehicle mandate design’s features…02 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2023. It is a delight to serve under your…28 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2023I thank colleagues for their comments. I was delighted that the hon. Member for Wythenshawe and Sale East brought his trademark intellectual clarity and sense of history to his…28 Feb 2023HANSARDCAA Annual Progress ReportMy noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Baroness Vere of Norbiton, has made the following written ministerial statement: The airspace…30 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising the question. I myself have not recently spoken to the infrastructure board in Northern Ireland, but I shall make a point of doing…19 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureMy hon. Friend will be aware that Essex County Council has been able to use ORCS—the on-street residential charge point scheme—and that there has been support in his area for…19 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureWe take this issue extremely seriously. As my hon. Friend is aware, responsibility lies with the electricity network operators. Ofgem has allowed baseline funding of more than £22…19 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureWe recognise that. Those problems had to do with adverse weather conditions, as well as with particular concerns of the season, but there is a wider problem and the hon. Gentleman…19 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureThe hon. Gentleman will be aware that there were very specific problems over Christmas.19 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureAs you will know, Mr Speaker, the Government take the issue of accessibility extremely seriously. With the assistance of wider research, we have identified specific accessibility…19 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend very much for her question. She is absolutely right that hydrogen is a key component of the full decarbonisation of transport—not just heavier transport,…19 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureThe figures that the hon. Lady has given are a result of the extremely rapid increase in the number of battery electric vehicles, which is welcome and is supported by Government…19 Jan 2023HANSARDTravellers from China: Covid-19 Testing RequirementsThe Government have taken action, under powers within the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984, to limit the risk of covid-19 infections from travellers originating from…09 Jan 2023HANSARD E-scooters: Antisocial UseI thank the hon. Lady for her question, but I do not think that I can do better than my colleague, the Secretary of State, in his comments to the Transport Committee, and I do not…08 Dec 2022HANSARD E-scooters: Antisocial UseI just do not have any time. I cannot respond to the hon. Lady’s speech if I do not—08 Dec 2022HANSARD E-scooters: Antisocial UseI am afraid that I do not accept that, no. The facts of the matter are that some other countries have decided to change their regulations because they had launched the wrong set.…08 Dec 2022HANSARD E-scooters: Antisocial UseAs my hon. Friend will be aware, the police publish statistics on crimes and offences. It is important to say that this will differ by region and by the priorities for the police…08 Dec 2022HANSARD E-scooters: Antisocial UseI thank the hon. Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden) for her speech, and for the resolute campaigning and interrogation that she has devoted to this issue for a considerable…08 Dec 2022HANSARD E-scooters: Antisocial UseIn that case, I am happy to take the intervention, of course.08 Dec 2022