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Winter Weather

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

519 c965-6 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Transport

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Roberta Blackman-Woods | 519 c965-6 (Link to this contribution) To ask the Secretary of State for Transport to update the House on the Government's response to the ...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c965-6 (Link to this contribution) Last year, the country experienced the most prolonged period of cold weather for 30 years. Weather c...

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Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c969 (Link to this contribution) I cannot give my hon. Friend any immediate assurance that improvements will be possible on that line...

Nick Smith | 519 c972 (Link to this contribution) On the topic of getting a grip, has the Secretary of State heard anything from local authorities abo...

Brian H Donohoe | 519 c969 (Link to this contribution) Further to the question from the hon. Member for Kettering (Mr Hollobone), may I turn the Minister's...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c969 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is of course right. The Highways Agency has invested more than £100 million in new eq...

Clive Efford | 519 c972-3 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State really must get a grip on this situation. For my constituents, Southeastern T...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c971 (Link to this contribution) The point I think the hon. Gentleman is trying to make is simply not valid. The problem last year wa...

Baroness Coffey | 519 c971 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State talk to his departmental colleagues, and also to the Prime Minister, abo...

Roberta Blackman-Woods | 519 c966-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his response, but does not the fact that he has responde...

Stella Creasy | 519 c972 (Link to this contribution) Many of my constituents in Walthamstow experienced severe difficulties getting into work during last...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 519 c973 (Link to this contribution) Abandoned cars and accidents add to the chaos. I understand that once the temperature goes below min...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c972 (Link to this contribution) I will check specifically on the situation on the A57 and write to the right hon. Gentleman later to...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c967 (Link to this contribution) Most of the strategic road network across the country has been kept open, and most of it is open tod...

Stephen Metcalfe | 519 c970 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating all those who, despite the weather, have battled...

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 519 c969 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree that in a country with a generally temperate climate, such things ...

Greg Hands | 519 c970 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will have noted that the tube system is working relatively well today, but he w...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c972 (Link to this contribution) The Highways Agency and the rail directorate within the Department for Transport are in constant con...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c969 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says that the airports in the south of England are closed, but as of a few minute...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c966-7 (Link to this contribution) The list of problems that the hon. Lady read out are overwhelmingly related to the difficulties in t...

Maria Eagle | 519 c967-8 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the Secretary of State is demonstrating a remarkable—indeed, breathtaking—degree of...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c971 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend reminds the House of a very important message. We have talked about people struggling...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c973 (Link to this contribution) We have looked at the issue, and in fact David Quarmby addressed it. The use of winter tyres—snow ty...

Tom Blenkinsop | 519 c971 (Link to this contribution) How much of the Highways Agency budget has been, and will be, spent on procuring salt, grit and pota...

Baroness Berger | 519 c969-70 (Link to this contribution) May I please have some clarification from the Secretary of State? He said earlier that 100,000 tonne...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c970 (Link to this contribution) I wonder about the hon. Gentleman's commitment to localism. David Quarmby will be looking at the per...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c971-2 (Link to this contribution) On my hon. Friend's last point, I remind the House that the Government published a code of practice ...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c969-70 (Link to this contribution) That is one of the questions that the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) asked from ...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c972 (Link to this contribution) That is, of course, a matter for local authorities. I can tell the hon. Gentleman that one of the bi...

Lord Coaker | 519 c970 (Link to this contribution) When the right hon. Gentleman speaks to Mr Quarmby, will he make sure that his review looks not only...

Philip Hollobone | 519 c968 (Link to this contribution) When it comes to trains and buses, passengers find the weather frustrating, but even more frustratin...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c970 (Link to this contribution) I will indeed. It is very tempting at 6.30 am to look out of the window and decide to turn over and ...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c971 (Link to this contribution) The reality is that the problem on the ground is essentially transport-focused at this stage. Proble...

Martin Vickers | 519 c969 (Link to this contribution) All train services into my constituency are currently cancelled. Bearing in mind that the same route...

Lord Spellar | 519 c971 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State said in his statement that the Department for Transport was taking the lead a...

David Tredinnick | 519 c967 (Link to this contribution) Why was the A5 in the midlands partly closed? Will the Secretary of State please write to me about t...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c972-3 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman that the lack of information is inexcusable. The Office of Rail Regu...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c967-8 (Link to this contribution) ... I shall attempt to be brief, Mr Speaker, but the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eag...

Kevin Barron | 519 c972 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State may have heard the report on the ““Today”” programme about the dozens of lorr...

Louise Ellman | 519 c968 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State called for a review, but what is he doing to ensure that he can get up-to-dat...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c968 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. A major part of the problem that we experienced yesterday was la...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c970 (Link to this contribution) Unlike the Leader of the Opposition, I do believe there is such a thing as an irresponsible strike.

Charlie Elphicke | 519 c971-2 (Link to this contribution) Is it not right that we congratulate and encourage those people who are currently hard at work up an...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 519 c968 (Link to this contribution) To be clear, I have asked David Quarmby to audit the implementation of the measures that he recommen...

Subjects

Airports Highways Agency Railways Transport Roads Salt Snow and ice

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