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HANSARDInternational TravelThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. As you pointed out, it was unacceptable that the Government were not willing to come to the House to make the…29 Jun 2021HANSARDInternational Travel(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the Government’s plans for international travel.29 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, hundreds of workers in the aviation and tourism industry held a demonstration outside Parliament urging the Government to protect their jobs and those of 1.5 million…24 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can give you an assurance, Mr Speaker, that I have tried my hardest to get the Transport Secretary to fully understand our sectoral deal and the way we have laid it out, but I…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-Secure BordersI thought that, by intervening, I would allow the Minister a few seconds to sit down and bring himself back together. As he knows, in the original quarantine, where people were…15 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-Secure Bordersindicated dissent.15 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-Secure BordersAbsolute nonsense.15 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-Secure BordersI thank all Members who have taken part in today’s Opposition day debate. I also repeat the thanks that have been offered to our vital NHS staff, to the military who are…15 Jun 2021HANSARD Britain’s RailwaysMay I start by thanking the Secretary of State for Transport for an advance copy of the statement, together with the report that was issued earlier this morning? It is two and a…20 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsAfter much delay, the Transport Secretary has finally published Highways England’s review into smart motorways. The stocktake has revealed that over the last five years 63 people…29 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe victims’ families will want to know that action will be taken on lives that are avoidably lost and I am afraid that answer will not satisfy those families at all. Moving on to…29 Apr 2021HANSARD National Bus Strategy: EnglandI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. I also thank those in the bus and local public transport industries for the work they have done, over the course…15 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, I met some of the families of those who have died on smart motorways. I heard the pain and the devastation of those who have been affected by all-lane-running schemes.…11 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI appreciate the answer, but I do not think it is acceptable at all that the data appears to be at the very least a year out of date about a scheme that has significant public…11 Mar 2021HANSARD Covid Security at UK BordersI thank all Members who have taken the time to speak in this debate at this critical moment for our nation. We have heard a great number of insightful contributions. I refer…01 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Security at UK BordersIt’s not a ban; it’s a quarantine.01 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very disappointed that the Secretary of State would go so low as to repeat an untruth that was made by the Prime Minister yesterday, and a point of order has been submitted…28 Jan 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Thank you for allowing me to raise a point of order in relation to what I believe was a misleading statement made by the Prime Minister yesterday.…28 Jan 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am more than happy to take that advice, Mr Speaker. Thank you. The Prime Minister said: “It was only recently that the shadow Transport Secretary was saying that quarantine…28 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. As we all know, 500 covid cases have been recorded at the DVLA offices in Swansea. There have also been worrying allegations that employees were coerced…28 Jan 2021