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HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]The legislation will ensure that seafarers with close ties to the UK who are working on frequent services to UK ports have to be paid at least an equivalent to the UK national…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]It is about more than just wages. That was one of the things covered in the nine-point plan, but we are working on other things, including various seafarers’ protections and…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]We think the definition in the Bill at the moment will capture the vast majority of the services we wish to capture. We think that defining that in the way that we have makes it…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]We judge that the risk of operators moving to or operating out of a different port is relatively small. The routes on which they operate are the profitable ones, so ceasing to…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]We do not think that the responsibility on harbour authorities will be particularly onerous. Their job will be to receive declarations, not to investigate or do compliance work;…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point that illustrates why I will have legal powers to enforce whether a port levies the surcharge: to deal with any issues where there is a…19 Dec 2022HANSARDRail Services: North of EnglandMembers will be aware that, in July 2022, Avanti West Coast experienced an immediate and near total cessation of drivers volunteering to work on passenger trains on rest days. In…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRailway Infrastructure: England and Wales.I should like to make a statement on the settlement for the next five-year funding period for railway infrastructure in England and Wales. Maintaining and renewing our country’s…01 Dec 2022HANSARDSpending Priorities: Autumn StatementI thank my hon. Friend, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, for her kind words. On the priority for spending on transport in rural areas, I represent a rural…24 Nov 2022HANSARDDartford Crossing ClosuresThe protesters’ actions at Dartford in October put drivers, police and highways agency staff in danger and caused misery to thousands of ordinary people. National Highways works…24 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Transport: Levelling UpLocal transport services are crucial to the growth and levelling-up agendas, which is why the Government are investing in our local transport services by providing more than £2…24 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Transport: Levelling UpMy hon. Friend is a doughty champion for his constituents. My officials continue to work closely with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority on the proposal to open a new rail…24 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Transport: Levelling UpI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that issue and I am sorry to hear about the difficulties that his constituents are facing in accessing bus services. I know from my…24 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Transport: Levelling UpI agree with my hon. Friend about the importance of local bus services. We know that the bus sector continues to face a number of challenges, including driver shortages, which are…24 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Transport: Levelling UpI certainly agree with the hon. Gentleman about the importance of taxi services for constituents. I will speak to the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, my hon. Friend the…24 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Transport: Levelling UpI am very familiar with the issues that the hon. Gentleman raises, having served for a period in this House as the Minister for disabled people. I do not have the specific…24 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Transport: Levelling UpI am glad the hon. Gentleman mentioned the covid pandemic, because that has caused a number of issues for a range of transport providers. We are still seeing that bus users have…24 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Transport: Levelling UpI am glad the hon. Gentleman raises that question because he flags up a very important issue. There are only two places that revenue can come from in the rail sector—the…24 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Transport: Levelling UpI simply do not recognise what the hon. Gentleman is talking about. I thank him for welcoming me to my position, but I was actually very pleased with the settlement in the autumn…24 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Transport: Levelling UpAgain, I do not recognise what the hon. Gentleman is saying. Our resource funding was confirmed in cash terms as well, so I do not know what autumn statement he was listening to,…24 Nov 2022