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HANSARDZero-emission BusesIn February 2020, the Prime Minister and his Cabinet promised to deliver 4,000 zero-emission buses by 2025 as part of the Prime Minister’s “bus revolution”. After all, there can…16 Dec 2021HANSARDTfL Funding: Discussions with Mayor of LondonYet again, the Government seem to be engaging in a blatant act of political sabotage of London’s vital transport networks. This week, Londoners have listened to Government advice,…16 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Support for BusinessA few weekends ago, on small business Saturday, I was happy to host the first inaugural Ilford business awards. With about 1,500 nominations, it spotlighted the best businesses in…16 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, for the first time. Our views on this legislation are already on record, so I will not reiterate all the points made in…13 Dec 2021HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Transition by 2030It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I will briefly touch on some of the useful contributions by many Members from across the House, who have obviously…09 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am not sure whether I heard the hon. Member properly. We are talking today about people dying because of this Government’s policies—because they are so desperate that they are…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThousands of constituents in Ilford South are certainly not terrorists. What happens if they decide to go on a protest about their rights, or against something that the Government…07 Dec 2021HANSARDHeavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021It is an honour to serve under you for the first time, Ms Fovargue. I thank the Minister for his frankness and honesty on this technical error. It would be remiss of me not to…06 Dec 2021HANSARDRandox Covid ContractsThe problem is that the Government are rotting from the head down. The Prime Minister has to get a grip on his own actions, bearing in mind he has appeared before the sleaze…17 Nov 2021HANSARD HGV Driving LicencesThe ongoing driver shortage is having a profound impact on businesses and consumers, yet the Government have fallen well short in their effort to boost driver recruitment. The…08 Nov 2021HANSARDBus ServicesI welcome the Minister to Transport orals for what I believe is her first set of questions. In April, I raised the devastating impact of Government cuts on rural transport…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTaxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (First sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitEarlier today at COP26, young people from the group Green New Deal Rising tried to ask the Chancellor directly why he was continuing to subsidise fossil fuels and the fossil fuel…03 Nov 2021HANSARDTaxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 1, page 1, line 19, after “driving” insert “(assessed in accordance with DVLA standards and associated sanctions)”. This amendment would…03 Nov 2021HANSARDTaxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (First sitting)The purpose of the amendment is to ensure consistency across the country. The GMB, the LTDA and other representatives of the various minicab and private hire drivers across the…03 Nov 2021HANSARDTaxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (First sitting)Like my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge, who has a great deal of expertise on this issue and has worked cross party in such a fantastic way to bring these measures forward, I…03 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes the Chancellor agree with the Conservative party donor, Mohamed Amersi, who once claimed that the Tories were operating an access capitalism scheme for their major donors,…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsAs my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Olivia Blake) said earlier, we have heard an awful lot about cider today. Given some of the things that I have heard from the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that it is beyond belief to think that a code of practice is enough? We are talking about firms such as Clarks, where workers who make kids’ shoes…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI was one of the members of that Select Committee, and I remember there was very much cross-party agreement that it was such a disgrace for that to happen that the company should…22 Oct 2021