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Estimates day on Tuesday, 28 February 2012, in the House of Commons, led by Louise Ellman. The answering member was Norman Baker.

Transport and the Economy

Vote on Account 2012–13. Fifth estimates day (part one). Motion that, for the year ending with 31 March 2013, for expenditure by the Department for Transport- (1) resources, not exceeding £3,413,771,000, be authorised, on account, for use for current purposes as set out in HC 1756, (2) resources, not exceeding £3,478,411,000, be authorised, on account, for use for capital purposes as so set out, and (3) a sum, not exceeding £5,850,719,000, be granted to Her Majesty to be issued by the Treasury out of the Consolidated Fund, on account, and applied for expenditure on the use of resources authorised by Parliament. Question deferred. Resolved.

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541 c175-220 
Session
2010-12
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Department for Transport
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Supply estimates
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House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Norman Baker | 541 c218-20 (Link to this contribution) There is no point in the hon. Lady shaking her head—these are the facts. We have also published a wh...
Lilian Greenwood | 541 c216 (Link to this contribution) As I made clear in my contribution, we have identified £6 billion of cuts as set out in the Minister...
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Norman Baker | 541 c216 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to hear that, because my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Dr Huppert) has writte...
Norman Baker | 541 c215-6 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to respond to this debate, and I welcome the generally constructive comments from Membe...
Norman Baker | 541 c217-8 (Link to this contribution) I shall make some progress, if I may. The performance of local councils across the country varies e...
Louise Ellman | 541 c216 (Link to this contribution) The fact is that currently there is neither a rail strategy paper nor an aviation paper. They are bo...
Norman Baker | 541 c216-7 (Link to this contribution) I agree, and we inherited that position from the previous Government, but I have already said that t...
Angela C Smith | 541 c218 (Link to this contribution) The Passenger Transport Executive Group has made it clear that there appears to be no basis for the ...
Norman Baker | 541 c218 (Link to this contribution) The figures in the IPPR report need to be questioned rather than the Department's figures. In her sp...
David Mowat | 541 c207 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman echoes the point I am making. Just to take the politics out of it, let me point o...
Mark Pawsey | 541 c207-9 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the very thoughtful contribution of my hon. Friend the Member for W...
Neil Carmichael | 541 c209-10 (Link to this contribution) It is a great honour to speak in the debate, bringing up the rear, as I often do. I am a firm believ...
Lilian Greenwood | 541 c210-1 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the opportunity to debate the Select Committee's report on transport and the economy. It h...
John Leech | 541 c211 (Link to this contribution) From what the hon. Lady has said, a Labour Government would have been forced to cut capital spending...
Lilian Greenwood | 541 c211-2 (Link to this contribution) No, I think the hon. Gentleman misunderstands me. As I said, we have not opposed £6 billion of diffi...
Norman Baker | 541 c212 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is busy telling us about all these spending commitments, but she is also saying that s...
Lilian Greenwood | 541 c212-4 (Link to this contribution) I will not go through all the cuts right at this moment, but I have already said that we would not h...
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield | 541 c214 (Link to this contribution) The campaign in the area is a cross-party campaign. We have already arranged a meeting with the Mini...
Lilian Greenwood | 541 c214-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that clarification. He is quite right that one of the effects of scrappin...
Stuart Andrew | 541 c198-9 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman knows, the Committee is considering the issue of east-west travel. I look forw...
Geraint Davies | 541 c198 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman—who is a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee—support my call for the elect...
Gavin Williamson | 541 c200 (Link to this contribution) The Government have reduced air passenger transport duty for Northern Ireland. Does the hon. Gentlem...
Jim Shannon | 541 c199-200 (Link to this contribution) I am a Northern Ireland MP and transport is a devolved matter, but I have some questions for the Min...
Stuart Andrew | 541 c198 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the debate. Transport clearly affects all our constit...
Speaker | 541 c198 (Link to this contribution) Order. I call Stuart Andrew.
Angela C Smith | 541 c196-8 (Link to this contribution) That illustrates my point about the need to have clear plans for economic development in place along...
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield | 541 c196 (Link to this contribution) It is obviously vital that the HS2 route eventually reaches the north-east of England. I do not know...
Julian Sturdy | 541 c204 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. I will touch on regional airports if I am able to do so, but...
Mark Pawsey | 541 c203 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that some of the slack that exists in regional airports could be used to d...
Anna Soubry | 541 c204-6 (Link to this contribution) There is a reason why so many hon. Members and so many of my hon. Friends are queuing up to speak in...
Ian Mearns | 541 c207 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the fact that the hon. Gentleman has brought to the House's attention the disparities with...
Jim Shannon | 541 c200 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree. We campaigned for that, and it has given a great boost. We are grateful to the Gov...
Julian Sturdy | 541 c202-3 (Link to this contribution) It is always a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton South (James Wharton). As a...
Lord Wharton of Yarm | 541 c200-2 (Link to this contribution) Like many Members who represent constituencies far away from London, I spend a lot of time travellin...
Julian Sturdy | 541 c203 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. Tourism is also a key element in York's local economy and the congestion is having an im...
Geraint Davies | 541 c203 (Link to this contribution) In 2014, we will have the centenary of Dylan Thomas's birth in Swansea, and we are looking forward t...
Speaker | 541 c191 (Link to this contribution) Order. Before the hon. Gentleman answers, let me remind hon. Members that the idea behind imposing a...
Andrea Leadsom | 541 c191 (Link to this contribution) As I will not get the opportunity to speak later, I want to ask the hon. Gentleman whether he agrees...
Jonathan Ashworth | 541 c191 (Link to this contribution) I start by paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Mrs Ellman), who sp...
Karen Bradley | 541 c190-1 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. I cannot pretend that HS2 will affect Staffordshire Moorlands directly, as it is not sc...
Jessica Lee | 541 c190 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for speaking so eloquently about her local trains and infrastructure. I am su...
Karen Bradley | 541 c190 (Link to this contribution) I fear that my hon. Friend's question might be related to a certain high-speed line, which is someth...
Lord Beamish | 541 c196 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that unless some time line is put on extension of HS2 further north, there...
Angela C Smith | 541 c195-6 (Link to this contribution) I start my short contribution by paying tribute to the Chair of the Select Committee, my hon. Friend...
Angela C Smith | 541 c196 (Link to this contribution) I wholly concur. In fact, if we are to maximise the agglomeration benefits of HS2, I would argue tha...
Fiona Mactaggart | 541 c193-4 (Link to this contribution) On that issue, I share the view of the hon. Member for Wimbledon (Stephen Hammond) that some project...
John Leech | 541 c193 (Link to this contribution) I should like to begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Mrs Ellman), the ...
John Leech | 541 c194-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. It is fair to say that the Government have prioritised ...
Jonathan Ashworth | 541 c192 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. To help other Members get in, I will take no more interventions. In an...
Jonathan Ashworth | 541 c192-3 (Link to this contribution) I said that I would not give way again—my apologies, Mr Deputy Speaker. My hon. Friend is quite righ...
Angela C Smith | 541 c192 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the increased relationship between Rolls-Royce and Sheffield means th...
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield | 541 c183-4 (Link to this contribution) I want to take this opportunity to raise the issue of declining rural bus services, especially in Co...
Stephen Hammond | 541 c182-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend, who more than eloquently makes the absolutely correct point—the final point ...
Stephen Hammond | 541 c180-1 (Link to this contribution) Indeed I do, and I thank the hon. Lady for making that point because it helps me to make my next poi...
Louise Ellman | 541 c181 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. The report reflected the evidence that was given to the...
Stephen Hammond | 541 c179-80 (Link to this contribution) It is a great honour to follow the Chair of the Select Committee, the hon. Member for Liverpool, Riv...
Angela C Smith | 541 c180 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman acknowledge that the arguments and strategies developed by ““The Northern Wa...
Stephen Hammond | 541 c181-2 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree with the latter point. It is beyond the scope of my comments this afternoon to go ...
Lord Harrington of Watford | 541 c182 (Link to this contribution) Having listened carefully to my hon. Friend's argument and seen some of the evidence that was given ...
Stephen Hammond | 541 c181 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, but the previous solution was a template solution, a one-size-fits-all solution, a ““this is...
David Mowat | 541 c181 (Link to this contribution) I agree that the jury is out on LEPs and that the RDAs were not a panacea in this area, but the real...
Andrea Leadsom | 541 c190 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that such consideration for areas of outstanding natural beauty should be ...
John Leech | 541 c184 (Link to this contribution) I sympathise with the hon. Gentleman's constituents who face a problem with bus services, but does h...
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield | 541 c185 (Link to this contribution) There may have been a lack of regulation, but we had a level of subsidy that had not been cut to the...
Angela C Smith | 541 c185 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend recognise that the Local Transport Act 2008 brought back a level of regulation, ...
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield | 541 c185-6 (Link to this contribution) We can see from the lack of people on the Liberal Democrat Benches that this issue is not of particu...
Karen Bradley | 541 c186-9 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for missing the beginning of the debate. I am serving on a Public Bill Committee at the ...
Lord Harrington of Watford | 541 c189 (Link to this contribution) I am conscious that, as has been pointed out to me on several occasions, my hon. Friend's knowledge ...
Karen Bradley | 541 c189-90 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. In fact, my knowledge of Watford extends to having attended a few train...
Bob Stewart | 541 c190 (Link to this contribution) I have had the privilege of visiting Leek—it is a beautiful place—and I have seen that railway line....
Karen Bradley | 541 c190 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly what Moorlands and City Railways wishes to do. It would like passenger trains to ret...
Speaker | 541 c191 (Link to this contribution) Order. I understand that this debate is important, but if we want to get everybody in, we will unfor...
David Mowat | 541 c178 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady raises an important point about the discrepancy in the level of spend in London and th...
Louise Ellman | 541 c175-7 (Link to this contribution) The Committee investigated the impact of spending cuts on bus services, and found that cuts had been...
Stuart Andrew | 541 c199 (Link to this contribution) Yes, and Goole. We must do all we can to ensure that those businesses can connect with each other an...
David Mowat | 541 c206-7 (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate the Select Committee on their coherent report and I want to focus on one aspect...
Louise Ellman | 541 c175 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to have the opportunity to launch a debate on two reports from the Transport Committee ...
Louise Ellman | 541 c178-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. The imbalance to which he refers dates back many years ...
Karen Bradley | 541 c190 (Link to this contribution) I know how much hard work my hon. Friend is putting into reopening the train station at Ilkeston. As...
Derek Twigg | 541 c175 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend. During the last two or three months, I have observed an increasing nu...
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Bus services Capital investment Department for Transport Expenditure Economic situation High speed trains Public transport Railways Roads Transport Electrification Speed limits Subsidies Swansea
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