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HANSARDAirport ExpansionI stand by the earlier figures I mentioned on achieving aviation net zero by 2050. The noble Baroness is right that the seventh report will be published tomorrow. The proposals…25 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionThe Government recognise the importance of regional airports. I do not have in front of me what the Government are doing about the expansion of Cardiff Airport, but I will…25 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI certainly do not agree with the noble Earl’s assertion about the incompatibility of this. The Government have been clear that any airport expansion proposals need to demonstrate…25 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionThe Government published their report on the Climate Change Committee’s latest progress report in December last year. The response makes it clear that we recognise the role for…25 Feb 2025HANSARDStockton and Darlington Railway: 200th AnniversaryThere is a Celtic competition between the Penydarren tramway of, I think, 1804 and its originator, Trevithick, who came from Camborne. Personally, I side on the Cornish side of…25 Feb 2025HANSARDStockton and Darlington Railway: 200th AnniversaryI can certainly ensure that the noble Lord is able to drive a steam train, but it will not be on a railway line near Parliament. Parliament will have a unique opportunity this…25 Feb 2025HANSARDStockton and Darlington Railway: 200th AnniversaryThe first publicly run South Western Railway train will be at an extraordinarily early hour on 20 May. I fear I will have the doubtful privilege of traveling on it. I doubt it…25 Feb 2025HANSARDStockton and Darlington Railway: 200th AnniversaryI thank my noble friend for that. The first priority of this Government is to get the present phase 1 of HS2 back under control. This Government inherited a situation where they…25 Feb 2025HANSARDStockton and Darlington Railway: 200th AnniversaryWell, it is not much of a leap to funding in the spending review, so the noble Lord has answered his own question—the CRSTS2 budget is in process, there will be a spending review,…25 Feb 2025HANSARDStockton and Darlington Railway: 200th AnniversaryI thank my noble friend. The celebration in Derby is from 1 to 3 August. It will be a huge gathering of historic and current railway equipment. It is entirely put on by Alstom,…25 Feb 2025HANSARDStockton and Darlington Railway: 200th AnniversaryI am certainly willing to give credit to another Celtic nation for the invention of the steam engine. The matter of coal is, of course, a much wider question than coal for…25 Feb 2025HANSARDStockton and Darlington Railway: 200th AnniversaryThe Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world’s first railway to use steam locomotives to transport passengers, shaped modern railways. To mark its 200th anniversary, Railway…25 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionThe noble Lord is right that sustainable aviation fuel is important in reducing the carbon footprint of air traffic. This Government have taken forward the SAF mandate, which came…25 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionAs soon as the noble Lord got up, I was reminded that he was one of the principal promoters of the Thames estuary airport. That was a good, innovative and brave proposal, but…25 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionThe next process is that the Government are committed to reviewing the A irports N ational P olicy S tatement , which is a government action. Then, as I say, this summer we will…25 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI cannot say whether a third runway at Heathrow will materially affect the ability of the airport to accept air taxis. There is clearly a limit to what size of aircraft can be…25 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI thank the noble Baroness. She will know that I spent a large portion of lockdown looking at connectivity in the United Kingdom. I entirely agree with her that the economy of…25 Feb 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls on TrainsThe opportunity for railway travellers to report crime through the 61016 phone number is not limited to what is happening on the train but includes what travellers see from the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls on TrainsWith modern railway rolling stock, it is far more difficult to partition off relatively small spaces. I too am old enough to remember women-only compartments, but compartment…24 Feb 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls on TrainsI thank the noble Lord for that question. The British Transport Police covers the whole country, so its liaison is necessarily diverse across all the Home Office police forces and…24 Feb 2025