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HANSARDRoad SafetyI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that point, and it sits at the heart of our ambition to develop the new road safety strategy. The previous Government pursued poisonous…10 Oct 2024HANSARDRoad SafetyEvery death on our roads is a tragedy; for too long, they have been treated as an inevitability. The safety of our roads is an absolute priority for this Government. Since the…10 Oct 2024HANSARDOld Oak Common Station Construction: South-west Travel DisruptionNowhere is the Tory legacy of transport failure more obvious than in the legacy we have been left on High Speed 2, with costs allowed to run completely out of control, communities…10 Oct 2024HANSARDOld Oak Common Station Construction: South-west Travel DisruptionI am happy to answer that question, Mr Speaker. The two-year industrial dispute cost the taxpayer £25 million a day every time the Tories oversaw a strike day. The reforms that…10 Oct 2024HANSARDOld Oak Common Station Construction: South-west Travel DisruptionI am grateful to my hon. Friend for rightly raising these issues. I will be delighted to meet her to discuss the mitigations. Efforts will be made to minimise the impact on…10 Oct 2024HANSARDCapital InvestmentI have met the Scottish Transport Minister, Fiona Hyslop, and look forward to a constructive working relationship with her. The hon. Gentleman will appreciate that spending…10 Oct 2024HANSARDLocal Bus ServicesThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to suggest that the underfunding of bus services over a decade has led to the cancellation and scrapping of thousands of bus routes across the…10 Oct 2024HANSARDLocal Bus ServicesThe hon. Gentleman has made the case for franchising. It is totally unacceptable that entire villages are cut off, without the bus services that they absolutely need. That denies…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe capital review and our assessment of the transport appraisal guidance are absolutely considering how we can capture better the wider implications of transport infrastructure…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments. As I said earlier, nowhere is the legacy of the previous Government more pertinent than the mess in which they left HS2. Even…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI commend my hon. Friend for his bravery in recently speaking out about his personal involvement in that tragic crash, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington and…10 Oct 2024HANSARDRoad SafetyI was fascinated to know how Opposition Front Benchers would approach their legacy when raising questions today. The legacy we have been left includes a maintenance backlog of…10 Oct 2024HANSARDDriving Test Waiting TimesPractical driving test waiting times remain far too high after the previous Administration failed to reduce them, limiting would-be drivers’ access to opportunities. I have met…10 Oct 2024HANSARDRoad SafetyI am grateful to the hon. Member for raising that important issue. It is clear, with stats like those, that it needs some attention. I am sure that my hon. Friend the Roads…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady can wait for the Budget!10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI wonder whether the hon. Lady has spoken to any businesses or infrastructure providers over the past 14 years who have suffered appalling uncertainty and a lack of confidence.…10 Oct 2024HANSARDDriving Test Waiting TimesI am very grateful to you, Mr Speaker, as I am to my hon. Friend for raising that important question. He is absolute right. Average waiting times at the Wood Green centre…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has been campaigning on this issue since the moment she set foot in this House. I would be delighted to meet her to see how we can take…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have heard all about the A180 from the hon. Gentleman, and from my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Melanie Onn), so I know about the issues that it is…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe West Midlands Mayor’s plan for bus services across the west midlands are predicated on delivering better bus services and transport across the region as a whole. We will look…10 Oct 2024