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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Electric vehicle sales growth is at risk of slowing down. Many private car and fleet owners would transition to EVs, but patchy provision of public charging for those unable…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolI congratulate the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage (Olly Glover) on securing the debate and on his excellent speech. I will focus on the school streets initiative, which has…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Adoption and Special Guardianship Support FundI congratulate my neighbouring MP and the Liberal Democrat leader on education, the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson), on being granted this urgent question. Her…01 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, the all-party parliamentary group on cycling and walking published its report on social justice as it impacts on vulnerable road users. Injuries to pedestrians could be…27 Mar 2025HANSARDSpring StatementI also congratulate the Chancellor on her excellent statement, which addresses the challenge the previous Government left her with. In order to drive growth across the UK, new…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillMy constituency neighbour makes a good point, but she must remember that due to 15 years of austerity, many of those sales were the only way that public sector institutions could…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI welcome the Bill. When I studied for my planning diploma, I learned that since the Town and Country Planning Act 1947, the power of national strategic policy versus the…24 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowI thank the Transport Secretary for her statement. I also thank the fire services and the airport and airline staff who did so much over the weekend to address and support the…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Disabled People’s Access to TransportI absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. In addition, thanks to digital technology, we now have real-time knowledge of when a lift is working or not.20 Mar 2025HANSARD Disabled People’s Access to TransportPeople such as Sam are amazing activists. As I have said, they were major contributors to our inquiry, but they also need to be major contributors to the solutions. Royal Assent20 Mar 2025HANSARD Disabled People’s Access to TransportMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I said, Claire opened my eyes to her needs, with things like having to find an access information point outside the station where she can…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Disabled People’s Access to TransportI thank my hon. Friend and neighbour for raising the issue of the two stations where both of our constituents need step-free access. I have not yet had an answer from the Rail…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Disabled People’s Access to TransportI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. Under our proposal, TfL would need to be part of that new process. Take the example of Vienna’s 100-year-old U-Bahn system,…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Disabled People’s Access to TransportI thank the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for me to make a statement to the House to mark the publication of the Transport Committee’s first report of this…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Disabled People’s Access to TransportThe report has 29 recommendations, but the last one is the most important: an overarching body with responsibility for standards enforcement across transport modes, which would…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Disabled People’s Access to TransportI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, who chairs of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee. As I said, the culture change goes from the top to the frontline,…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Disabled People’s Access to TransportMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. One of the criticisms of the existing Access for All programme is the expense of the projects that have been delivered. Having a road map of…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Disabled People’s Access to TransportI agree that the formation of Great British Railways provides an opportunity to bring together all the players in passenger rail, many of which have different standards, different…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Disabled People’s Access to TransportI was happy to be a co-sponsor of my hon. Friend’s Bill on aviation accessibility. I fear that one of our findings was that the CAA puts too much emphasis on what it calls…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Disabled People’s Access to TransportI thank my hon. Friend for the support he gave me in drafting the final parts of the report. He is absolutely right. Disabled people and operators currently use a system that is a…20 Mar 2025