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Sustainable Transport

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Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

521 c841-54 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Transport

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Deposited Paper DEP2011-0088
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Norman Baker | 521 c851 (Link to this contribution) I fear that my diary is filling up, but yes, I will be happy to do so.

Norman Baker | 521 c851 (Link to this contribution) It certainly can encourage such projects. As I said in my previous answer, it is up to the local cou...

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Julie Hilling | 521 c851 (Link to this contribution) As the Minister will know, three times as much money is spent on public transport in the south as in...

Norman Baker | 521 c851 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, the population of the south is different from that in the north, which is one factor in q...

Andrew Bingham | 521 c851 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has already agreed to visit the High Peak to discuss the Mottram-Tintwistle bypass—a ...

Norman Baker | 521 c850 (Link to this contribution) It is often the roadblocks, as my hon. Friend puts it, the pinch points, that cause disruption to th...

Ann Coffey | 521 c850 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister be a little more specific and say in what way his policy will improve bus services...

Norman Baker | 521 c851 (Link to this contribution) This is not a top-down approach. We are setting high-level targets for local authorities to create g...

Julian Sturdy | 521 c851 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the statement. One of the key elements to encouraging economic growth in York is cut...

Norman Baker | 521 c852 (Link to this contribution) We are doing more to make information on cycle routes available on the Transport Direct journey plan...

Justin Tomlinson | 521 c852 (Link to this contribution) Thamesdown Transport bus company in my constituency runs an excellent service, but does the Minister...

Norman Baker | 521 c852 (Link to this contribution) I am advised that the Secretary of State's constituency has a yellow bus scheme, which perhaps he ha...

Julian Huppert | 521 c852 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on the excellent statement, which contains many good things. Issues su...

Norman Baker | 521 c852 (Link to this contribution) The fund is not designed to reinstate railway schemes, because they are of a size and nature that it...

Philip Hollobone | 521 c852 (Link to this contribution) School traffic enhances peak-time congestion during term time. The United States seems to run a succ...

John Pugh | 521 c852 (Link to this contribution) What impact, if any, does today's announcement have on the development of small-scale rail extension...

Sheila Gilmore | 521 c851 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the commitment to continue funding cycle training for young people, but one of the things ...

Norman Baker | 521 c851-2 (Link to this contribution) It is certainly true that in this country 43% of people have a bicycle and only 2% of journeys are m...

Jane Ellison | 521 c853 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Minister's statement. Certainly London's future depends very much on sustainable low-c...

Norman Baker | 521 c854 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the innovation that is taking place in London with the cycle hire scheme. Being ...

Bob Russell | 521 c854 (Link to this contribution) I sincerely hope that in due course the coalition Government will be able to reinstate some of the t...

Norman Baker | 521 c854 (Link to this contribution) I shall be happy to attend the event in Colchester to which the hon. Gentleman refers after I have b...

Speaker | 521 c854 (Link to this contribution) I must thank the Minister and all colleagues, whose succinctness enabled everyone who wanted to take...

Norman Baker | 521 c853 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree that some bus companies are better at drumming up business for themselves than oth...

Julian Smith | 521 c853 (Link to this contribution) The local Little Red Bus company provides vital community bus services across North Yorkshire. May I...

Norman Baker | 521 c853 (Link to this contribution) It is up to local councils to decide which bids they submit and what is included in those bids. The ...

Caroline Lucas | 521 c847 (Link to this contribution) Public transport in this country remains more expensive than almost anywhere else in Europe, yet the...

Norman Baker | 521 c847 (Link to this contribution) We are open to bids and we have no preconceptions about what those bids would include. Providing tha...

Iain Stewart | 521 c847 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my hon. Friend's statement. It is timely for my constituency, as Milton Keynes council is ...

Norman Baker | 521 c847 (Link to this contribution) I am familiar with Brighton, as the hon. Lady knows. I would say that the public transport system in...

Mike Freer | 521 c847 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday I visited Menorah primary school in my constituency. Its green travel plan is being hamper...

Norman Baker | 521 c847 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady raises a valid point about safety on buses and the accessibility of those bus services...

Norman Baker | 521 c847-8 (Link to this contribution) The guidance for the bidding process has also been released today and is available to Members in the...

Lord Austin of Dudley | 521 c848 (Link to this contribution) I was interested to hear in the statement about the funding for Bikeability, but members of British ...

Norman Baker | 521 c848 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to say that the Government are fully committed to cycling. It features in the coalition a...

Adrian Sanders | 521 c848 (Link to this contribution) As the Minister knows, cycle and bus usage tends not to follow local government boundaries. Will the...

Kerry McCarthy | 521 c848 (Link to this contribution) Happy birthday, Mr Speaker. Has the Minister had an opportunity to discuss with his Liberal Democrat...

Norman Baker | 521 c848 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on managing to introduce his proposed bypass into the question. The an...

Speaker | 521 c849 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am grateful to the House, but I have probably had enough birthday wishes. I am very thankfu...

Norman Baker | 521 c848-9 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Minister of State and I shall be happy to meet a delegation. We are conscio...

Jesse Norman | 521 c848 (Link to this contribution) Happy birthday, Mr Speaker. I welcome the focus on and the new funding for sustainable local transpo...

Norman Baker | 521 c848 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to tell the hon. Lady that I shall be in Bristol tomorrow, so I will have an opportunity ...

Speaker | 521 c849 (Link to this contribution) I call Richard Harrington.

Jim Shannon | 521 c849 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Government's commitment to the reduction in carbon emissions. That is good news. In be...

Norman Baker | 521 c849 (Link to this contribution) I should make it plain that the local transport White Paper relates to England only, but it is reaso...

Norman Baker | 521 c849 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on managing to link that to the statement. I can assure him that the m...

Lord Harrington of Watford | 521 c849 (Link to this contribution) What an excellent way for you to remember this special day, Mr Speaker, by calling me to ask a quest...

Ronnie Campbell | 521 c849 (Link to this contribution) Has the Minister had time to look at the Blyth and Tyne rail link that runs through my constituency ...

Stephen Williams | 521 c850 (Link to this contribution) Penblwydd hapus, Mr. Speaker. I am sure that when the Minister visits Bristol tomorrow he will rece...

Norman Baker | 521 c850 (Link to this contribution) We are always happy to look at potential public transport improvements. I am not familiar with that ...

Clive Efford | 521 c850 (Link to this contribution) One issue that neither the Government nor the Mayor of London's office can continue to ignore is the...

Norman Baker | 521 c850 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with that. From memory, the train company that operates in Bristol is the same on...

Norman Baker | 521 c850 (Link to this contribution) I understand that additional capacity is being considered by the Under-Secretary of State for Transp...

Sarah Wollaston | 521 c850 (Link to this contribution) May I join the hon. Member for Torbay (Mr Sanders) in recommending the expressway along Kingskerswel...

Speaker | 521 c845-6 (Link to this contribution) Order. A great many right hon. and hon. Members are seeking to catch my eye, but I remind the House ...

Jason McCartney | 521 c846 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Minister's statement, particularly the details of the local sustainable transport fund...

Maria Eagle | 521 c843-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for forwarding me a copy of his statement earlier today. However, I am afraid t...

Norman Baker | 521 c844-5 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the hon. Lady was her usual churlish self. There was not a single practical suggest...

Norman Baker | 521 c846 (Link to this contribution) The Government are entitled to set high-level strategy targets to help create growth and cut carbon,...

Martin Horwood | 521 c846 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my hon. Friend will join me in congratulating British companies such as Transport Des...

Norman Baker | 521 c846 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that positive intervention from my hon. Friend, who recognises that working togeth...

Louise Ellman | 521 c846 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the emphasis on sustainable local transport, but could the Minister explain how local need...

Norman Baker | 521 c846 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend knows, the Government support light rail. In the spending review we announced exte...

Chi Onwurah | 521 c846-7 (Link to this contribution) In Newcastle, bus transport is an essential and valued part of our economic infrastructure, but in t...

Norman Baker | 521 c841-3 (Link to this contribution) With your permission, Mr Speaker, I shall make a statement to accompany the publication today of the...

Subjects

Car sharing Cycling Grants Local government Pollution control Railways Rapid transit systems Travel Transport Sustainable development White papers Local Sustainable Transport Fund

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