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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will give a pithy answer. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for all her campaigning work. Dover is a strategic port for the United Kingdom. This project will ensure that we can…19 Jan 2023HANSARDTransport Infrastructure: Adequacy and SustainabilityIn November 2020 the Government published the national infrastructure strategy that set out our long-term plans for addressing Britain’s infrastructure needs and challenges. Those…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRailway ModernisationThe level of services remains constantly under review. As passenger numbers increase, both the Department and the operator can look at that to see whether more needs to be done.…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRailway ModernisationMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. I think that about £60,000 is the average salary and the contracted hours are about 35 per week.19 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for his question, particularly his reference to our important plan for rail and the necessary reform. As I said, I will set out…19 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to confirm that bus funding has never been linked to road charging. A disagreeable pattern seems to be emerging where Labour politicians, backed by the Liberal…19 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is my first opportunity to congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his recently announced honour in the new year’s honours list for his long service in this House. He has raised…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRailway ModernisationI am grateful for the positive tone in which the hon. Gentleman has welcomed that announcement. Wales will receive the highest amount of funding per capita from the levelling-up…19 Jan 2023HANSARDProtesters: Motorway DisruptionIrresponsible action last year by a number of protesters put the lives of police, motorists and National Highways staff at risk and caused travel disruption for thousands. That is…19 Jan 2023HANSARDProtesters: Motorway DisruptionI thank my hon. Friend for putting his question in his own direct, inimitable way. He will, I hope, be pleased to know that we are working closely with council and Home Office…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRailway ModernisationI agree with my hon. Friend that the railway is in urgent need of modernisation of both its working practices and the way in which it is structured. The lasting consequences of…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRailway ModernisationThere are two issues. The most important is the level of performance. The hon. Lady will know that one of the big issues is the overdependence, particularly on that service, on…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRailway ModernisationIt is very much to do with it. The fact that the rest day working agreement is not being delivered means there is a real problem, which fundamentally argues the case for reform to…19 Jan 2023HANSARDTransport Infrastructure: Adequacy and SustainabilityI am disappointed; I missed the hon. Lady’s thanks for the £177 million awarded to Scotland from the levelling-up fund today. It would have been nice if she had managed to…19 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I will take another intervention from the hon. Gentleman, as he is a member of the Select Committee on Transport, and then move on.19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend has put an enormous amount of work into the matter, following P&O’s behaviour. She is focused at all times on solving the issues on behalf of her constituents; I…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Britain’s maritime industry is respected around the world for its professionalism and high standards. From shipping safety…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]The solution we have decided to set out is to ensure that, for operations taking place with a close connection to the United Kingdom, operators have to pay an equivalent to the…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]The hon. Gentleman raises a very good point. The point of the Bill and the nine-point plan is to ensure that ferry operators that want to operate in a responsible way are not…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]Clearly, given what happened earlier this year, we do not think the existing position is satisfactory. That is why we are bringing forward the Bill. If my hon. Friend wants to set…19 Dec 2022