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HANSARDTransport for London: FundingTransport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London. Since 2020, the Government have given TfL £6.6 billion of funding to support transport services. It is the responsibility…08 Feb 2024HANSARDRoad ResurfacingMy hon. Friend the Member for Mansfield (Ben Bradley) raised the issue of flood damage with me as well, and we are looking at what we can do. I am glad that my hon. Friend the…08 Feb 2024HANSARDRoad ResurfacingI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising the issue, and for pointing out how effective Nottinghamshire County Council is in spending the £2.3 million that it is getting this…08 Feb 2024HANSARDRoad ResurfacingAs part of the Network North plan, the Government are providing a record funding increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance in England over the next decade to enable…08 Feb 2024HANSARDSpeed LimitsThe hon. Gentleman, from a sedentary position, refers to conspiracies. My constituency is next door to Wales, and I can tell the House that that is not a conspiracy; the 20 mph…08 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt absolutely is not. The hon. Lady referred to Avanti West Coast, I gave her the answer to the question on Avanti and then she just repeated something that simply was not the…08 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis week, the Government showed once again that we are on the side of Britain’s drivers. New measures from our plan for drivers will make it simpler to charge electric cars, with…08 Feb 2024HANSARDTransport for London: FundingMy hon. Friend is right: it is important that the money is used for the benefit of Londoners. We have provided very significant support, as I have set out, but it has not stopped…08 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising those issues. We will come out with a response on pavement parking very shortly. I cannot give him a specific date. On roadworks…08 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsTwo things: first, Avanti does not have any money under the performance regime, because it has not delivered appropriate enough quality, demonstrating that we pay only for good…08 Feb 2024HANSARDHigh Speed 2: SafeguardingI am today formally lifting the safeguarding directions for HS2 phase 2a (between the west midlands and Crewe). In doing so, this Government are delivering on a commitment made in…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCranston Inquiry: Channel Incident of 24 November 2021On 9 November 2023, I announced the establishment of an independent, non-statutory inquiry into the circumstances of this tragic mass-casualty incident, which resulted in at least…11 Jan 2024HANSARDTransport for London: Capital FundingI am pleased to be able to inform the House that today the Government have agreed a capital funding settlement for 2024 with Transport for London (TfL). This Government have…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady will know that we have done a great deal of work to make sure that buses are compliant with the emissions rules. There are some technical issues being worked through…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. As I set out, the objective of the decision is to ensure that that £36 billion of transport spending, which we are reinvesting…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is simply wrong. Not only are we not briefing against hydrogen combustion engines; we are very supportive of them. I have been to Cummins. I have been to JCB. I…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend makes a very good point about regional Mayors, which is that we have devolved powers and resources to them, but they are ultimately accountable to their…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that question. I am sure that Network Rail will have heard that. I will take it away, raise it with Network Rail, and get back to him to…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising the important issue of road safety. I notice that the statistics she set out are inconsistent with those set out by her hon. Friend, the…14 Dec 2023HANSARDRoad ResurfacingI am very grateful to my hon. Friend, including for telling us about the good work that his local authority is doing to improve the quality of local roads. Utility companies…14 Dec 2023