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Severe Winter Weather

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

520 c1216-31 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Transport

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1230 (Link to this contribution) We have said—I said it in the statement—that we will continue with the arrangements in place for as ...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 520 c1225 (Link to this contribution) What my right hon. Friend the Member for Warley (Mr Spellar) was asking for was leadership. People a...

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Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1225 (Link to this contribution) I can tell the hon. Gentleman that people who are sleeping on airport floors and who are having thei...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1226 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving me the opportunity to clear something up—I clearly mangled...

Matt Hancock | 520 c1226 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State join me in commending the nation's army of gritters who were out overnig...

Tracey Crouch | 520 c1224 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will be aware that a delegation of Kent MPs recently met the management of So...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1224 (Link to this contribution) Of course we examine the performance of train operators, and it is absolutely right that Southeaster...

John McDonnell | 520 c1223 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Secretary of State will join me in thanking many of my constituents and their collea...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1225 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure whether my hon. Friend is referring to a tanker accident on the M25 on Saturday aftern...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1222 (Link to this contribution) My understanding, which the Local Government Association confirms, is that all local authorities are...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1221-2 (Link to this contribution) After a heavy dump of snow, we have had a heavy dump of political opportunism from the hon. Lady. Sh...

Lord Beith | 520 c1222 (Link to this contribution) Northumberland has had very heavy snowfall over a very long period, so I welcome the efforts being m...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1223 (Link to this contribution) We will, and my hon. Friend's question has to be addressed to the operators. British Airways made th...

Maria Eagle | 520 c1219-21 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for updating the House. After a weekend of chaos across the country...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1216-9 (Link to this contribution) With permission, I would like to make a statement on the continuing severe winter weather. We are fa...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1227 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman raises some important points. I can tell him that the Treasury has been tal...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1227-8 (Link to this contribution) As I said a few moments ago, local authorities indicate—the Local Government Association confirms th...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 520 c1227 (Link to this contribution) What assessment have the Government made of the ability of aircraft and train operators to advise pe...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1226-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. People who are watching this debate on the BBC News channel...

Jeremy Lefroy | 520 c1231 (Link to this contribution) Stafford is a proud railway town. Will the Secretary of State join me in congratulating rail workers...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1231 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to join my hon. Friend in congratulating staff across the railways. They have been operat...

John Hemming | 520 c1231 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and commitment to consider when ““just in time”” be...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1231 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is aware of the issue that my hon. Friend raises. Histor...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1230 (Link to this contribution) I can look into the specific case, but I can tell the hon. Gentleman the general rules on the provis...

Tom Brake | 520 c1227 (Link to this contribution) What discussions has the Secretary of State had with Southern Railway about its performance during t...

Justin Tomlinson | 520 c1228 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister share my concerns that in stark contrast to the excellent work of many local autho...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1227 (Link to this contribution) I can tell my hon. Friend that I had a conference call with Southern Railway management and Network ...

Tony Cunningham | 520 c1227 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister at least consider additional funding for local authorities? In my area, the local ...

Tobias Ellwood | 520 c1228-9 (Link to this contribution) This time last year, the ramp leading down to the parliamentary car park was covered in snow. It clo...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1228 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady might revel in the thought of a centralised state where people in Whitehall press butt...

Chi Onwurah | 520 c1228 (Link to this contribution) Despite some of the heaviest snowfalls for decades in Newcastle, we managed to keep most of the publ...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1228 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I must tell my hon. Friend that the maintenance of unadopted roads is entirely a ma...

Edward Timpson | 520 c1225-6 (Link to this contribution) In his statement, the Secretary of State touched upon the steps that are being taken to ensure that ...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1226 (Link to this contribution) I have been in discussion with my right hon. Friend the Health Secretary. As I understand it, this m...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 520 c1226 (Link to this contribution) The last time the Secretary of State gave a statement on the weather, I asked him about winter tyres...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1223-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving me the opportunity to record my thanks, and the thank...

David Tredinnick | 520 c1225 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend explain why some operators stopped flying when runways had been cleared an...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1224-5 (Link to this contribution) I can shorten the answer to that question, Mr Deputy Speaker. The right hon. Gentleman offered nothi...

Speaker | 520 c1224 (Link to this contribution) May I say that we want very short questions? Obviously, it would be helpful—[Interruption.] Order, M...

Lord Spellar | 520 c1224 (Link to this contribution) The public expect Ministers to be players, not just spectators. Snow happens, but it is the urgency ...

Louise Ellman | 520 c1222 (Link to this contribution) In this exceptional weather, can the Secretary of State assure us that he has adequate means of beco...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1223 (Link to this contribution) We are operating a cross-departmental ministerial team approach, because we need to consider matters...

Peter Bone | 520 c1223 (Link to this contribution) I spent eight hours at Heathrow terminal 3 on Saturday, and there was no information whatever about ...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1230 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a real issue. I talked to Gatwick airport on Wednesday, and it told me that it...

Gregg McClymont | 520 c1230 (Link to this contribution) My constituents are now enduring their 23rd successive day of arctic weather. Schooling has been dis...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1229 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right that in many cases the only lever we have over private companies is to apply...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 520 c1229-30 (Link to this contribution) Many emergency and council workers will be working over the Christmas period dealing with the afterm...

Sam Gyimah | 520 c1230 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the Secretary of State that in these times, calm and focused action is more important t...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1229 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Labour Members may laugh, but they will remember this being a se...

Nick Smith | 520 c1229 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State confirm that the Government have failed to keep the emergency grit stock...

Lord Hammond of Runnymede | 520 c1229 (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Gentleman is new and was not in the House last winter. He asked whether we are ...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 520 c1229 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will have noticed that the spirit of Christmas has augmented the already happ...

Subjects

Cold weather payments Aviation Airports Energy supply Heathrow Airport Highways Agency Public transport Railways Roads Salt Snow and ice BAA Winter Resilience Review

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