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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are pressing on with airspace modernisation and have set up the UK Airspace Design Service. I recently met the hon. Member in my office to discuss this issue. We…15 May 2025HANSARD Driving Licences: Zero Emission VehiclesI beg to move, That the draft Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 14 March, be approved. The aim of the…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Driving Licences: Zero Emission VehiclesWith the leave of the House, I will respond briefly to the points that have been raised. I thank hon. Members for their consideration. The hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Driving Licences: Zero Emission VehiclesThe provisions apply to electric vehicles, not to gas or synthetically fuelled vehicles. The fuel types in scope of these regulations are zero emission, rather than alternative…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Driving Licences: Zero Emission VehiclesI think Churchill famously said from this Dispatch Box that a fanatic is someone who cannot change their mind and will not change the subject. I say that gently— [ Laughter. ] I…02 Apr 2025HANSARDAviation Sector: SupportMy hon. Friend is a great champion in this area. In addition to the sustainable aviation fuel I mentioned, we recognise the role that hydrogen can play in decarbonising aviation,…27 Mar 2025HANSARDAviation Sector: SupportThe right hon. Member, who raised this with me while I was in opposition and has now done so while I am in government, is a doughty champion for this campaign. Manston needs to…27 Mar 2025HANSARDAviation Sector: SupportI acknowledge that my hon. Friend is a great champion for the airport near his constituency. We engage with airports to understand their plans. Stansted has committed to creating…27 Mar 2025HANSARDAviation Sector: SupportI enjoy the hon. Member trying to polarise the Chamber. He is sort of all right at it, but we are getting on with decisions around Luton, Stansted, Heathrow and growing the…27 Mar 2025HANSARDMaritime Sector: SupportThis week we published our maritime decarbonisation strategy, setting decarbonisation goals, along with policy and regulatory measures, to support the sector through the net zero…27 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his commitment to Project Willow at Grangemouth. We introduced a 2% mandate from 1 January, so 2% of all aviation fuel has to come from…27 Mar 2025HANSARDAviation Sector: SupportThe Climate Change Committee advises; we decide. We are not going to take any lectures on tough decisions. I remember when the former Member for Uxbridge was Foreign Secretary in…27 Mar 2025HANSARDMaritime Sector: SupportI recently met my hon. Friend about her campaign to reinstate the local ferry. Local ferries are a matter for the competent local transport authority, and I call on Kent county…27 Mar 2025HANSARDAviation Sector: SupportIt gives me great pleasure to wish the hon. Member many happy returns on his 70th birthday earlier this week. I think he is actually asking to be retrained in aviation skills. […27 Mar 2025HANSARDAviation Sector: SupportThe Government have shown that we will support the UK aviation sector by backing airport expansions that promote economic growth while meeting climate and environmental standards.…27 Mar 2025HANSARDMaritime Decarbonisation StrategyBy publishing our new maritime decarbonisation strategy today, the Government have set out plans to encourage and support our maritime sector in using fuels of the future and…25 Mar 2025HANSARD HS2 Mitigation Projects: InflationWell, it was the former Prime Minister who came to Manchester during the party conference to scrap HS2 from going from Manchester. I have never known quite such a political…14 Mar 2025HANSARD HS2 Mitigation Projects: InflationI congratulate the hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire (Greg Smith) on securing this debate, on standing up so resolutely for civil society institutions in his constituency and on…14 Mar 2025HANSARD HS2 Mitigation Projects: InflationThe hon. Member is right. HS2 has clearly already put in some noise mitigation, but I hope he will hear me out for a second. I understand that agreement has not yet been reached…14 Mar 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Vessel CollisionI thank the hon. Member. May I update the House? No sign of pollution from the vessels is observed at this time. Monitoring is in place, and should the situation change, the…11 Mar 2025