Debate on Thursday, 19 May 2022, in the House of Commons, led by Andrew Stephenson. The answering member was Sam Tarry.

Transport

Motion that this House has considered transport. Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 714 cc866-908
Session: 2022-23
Department: Department for Transport
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Andrew Stephenson | 714 c867 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move,
That this House has considered transport.
It gives me great pleasure t...; Matt Vickers | 714 c867 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure my hon. Friend is only too aware of the story of Teesside airport, how it was saved by ...; Andrew Stephenson | 714 c867 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for that question. Of course, I join him in paying tribute to the phenomen...; Chi Onwurah | 714 c867 (Link to this contribution)
Newcastle Tyne bridge is a critical part of our transport infrastructure as well as being an icon...; Andrew Stephenson | 714 c867 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is a dedicated champion of that bridge, having raised it with me before during Tran...; Daniel Kawczynski | 714 c868 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure my hon. Friend will agree that, as we build transport links, they have to be sustainabl...; Andrew Stephenson | 714 c868 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a powerful case on behalf of his local rail line. I know that the rail Minis...; Lord Spellar | 714 c868 (Link to this contribution)
Prior to introducing that Bill, will the Minister assure the House that the Department has examin...; Andrew Stephenson | 714 c868 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Gentleman and I will have to continue to disagree on HS2. I, and people across the...; Lord Spellar | 714 c869 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for giving away again. Can I bring him back to the point about whether there...; Andrew Stephenson | 714 c869 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his further point. We have done and continue to do the analy...; Lord Spellar | 714 c869 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister publish that analysis?; Andrew Stephenson | 714 cc869-870 (Link to this contribution)
We published a strategic outline business case updating the business case for HS2 when we deposit...; Fleur Anderson | 714 c870 (Link to this contribution)
I may be pre-empting the Minister in raising the subject of Hammersmith bridge, which has been cl...; Andrew Stephenson | 714 c870 (Link to this contribution)
The Government continue to work on that issue with the local authority. Obviously, we have commit...; Rachael Maskell | 714 c870 (Link to this contribution)
York’s rail supercluster is taking rail into the future. I would like to know whether the transpo...; Andrew Stephenson | 714 c870 (Link to this contribution)
I am pleased to say that it will. We are keen to support innovation in our railways across the UK...; Jim Shannon | 714 c871 (Link to this contribution)
On air connectivity, yesterday at a Hospitality Ulster event it became very clear that there is a...; Andrew Stephenson | 714 c871 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. That issue is close to my heart, as someone who freq...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 714 c871 (Link to this contribution)
I call shadow Minister—; Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi | 714 c871 (Link to this contribution)
Sam Tarry.; Sam Tarry | 714 c871 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 714 c871 (Link to this contribution)
Ah. The hon. Gentleman surprises me. I was expecting his colleague. I call shadow Minister Sam Ta...; Sam Tarry | 714 cc871-2 (Link to this contribution)
Sorry to surprise you, Madam Deputy Speaker. We swapped the buses issue.
Words matter. Days...; Sara Britcliffe | 714 c872 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure the hon. Gentleman will welcome the £34 million being given to Lancashire County Counci...; Sam Tarry | 714 cc872-3 (Link to this contribution)
Any investment is clearly welcome, but the problem is that the amount of money that transport aut...; Daniel Kawczynski | 714 c873 (Link to this contribution)
Bearing in mind we are now spending over £63 billion a year on debt interest payments, where woul...; Sam Tarry | 714 c873 (Link to this contribution)
The Government said we should be ambitious and local transport authorities therefore said the inv...; Robert Largan | 714 c873 (Link to this contribution)
I had the pleasure of serving on the Transport Committee with the hon. Gentleman. The leader of h...; Sam Tarry | 714 cc873-4 (Link to this contribution)
We stood at the past two elections on a very clear manifesto, which the current leader of the Lab...; Chris Loder | 714 c874 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman very much for giving way—I do appreciate it. Does he agree that some o...; Sam Tarry | 714 c874 (Link to this contribution)
My former colleague on the Transport Committee knows that that is a very scurrilous question. The...; Chris Loder | 714 c874 (Link to this contribution)
Even during the pandemic, over 18 months —this was even on the TfL website—there was an “extraord...; Sam Tarry | 714 c874 (Link to this contribution)
The reality is that the problematic, poor decisions were made by the chap who is now in Downing S...; Richard Holden | 714 c874 (Link to this contribution)
A lot of people have some sympathy with the idea of spending more on transport infrastructure, bu...; Sam Tarry | 714 c875 (Link to this contribution)
Actually, the last Labour manifesto probably had the most comprehensive plan ever put forward at ...; Chris Loder | 714 c875 (Link to this contribution)
It is important that the House notes that the Labour Mayor of London required continual multibill...; Sam Tarry | 714 cc875-6 (Link to this contribution)
I had the misfortune of catching a bus in Manchester about a decade ago, when we had a variety of...; 714 c876 (Link to this contribution); Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 714 c876 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I hope that we can manage without a formal time limit. We will be able to do so if everyon...; Huw Merriman | 714 cc876-7 (Link to this contribution)
It is with great excitement that I rise to speak in this transport debate. I could go on all day,...; Daniel Kawczynski | 714 c877 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend does an excellent job of chairing the Transport Committee. What is he doing to ens...; Huw Merriman | 714 cc877-8 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. We are halfway through the £24.5 billion road investment...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 714 c879 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Scottish National party spokesman, Gavin Newlands.
12.46 pm; Gavin Newlands | 714 c879 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the Chair of the Select Committee on which I serve. I agreed with almo...; Ian Jnr Paisley | 714 c879 (Link to this contribution)
Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is difficult to encourage bus operators to move away from d...; Gavin Newlands | 714 cc879-881 (Link to this contribution)
That may well be the case, but the bus operators to whom I speak would not welcome any decline in...; Chris Loder | 714 c881 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Gavin Newlands | 714 c881 (Link to this contribution)
I had a feeling that my colleague on the Select Committee might pipe up at this point, and I am h...; Chris Loder | 714 cc881-2 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman.
Rail operations in Scotland are, of course, delegated to the Sc...; Gavin Newlands | 714 cc882-3 (Link to this contribution)
I do not recognise the picture that my colleague paints. The fact is that with its integrated app...; Andrew Jones | 714 cc883-5 (Link to this contribution)
I will make a few points, but I will be particularly aware of the time and make sure that I do no...; 714 c885 (Link to this contribution); Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 714 c885 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman did very well in sticking to the seven minutes that I asked for. I am afraid t...; Ian Jnr Paisley | 714 cc885-7 (Link to this contribution)
Five minutes is usually about clearing my throat, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I will do my best in ...; Laura Farris | 714 cc887-8 (Link to this contribution)
Last week I had the pleasure of joining the all-party parliamentary group on Crossrail for my fir...; Abena Oppong-Asare | 714 cc888-890 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newbury (Laura Farris). I welcome the opportunity ...; Sara Britcliffe | 714 cc889-891 (Link to this contribution)
To truly level up, we need to make sure that we provide suitable connections for our constituents...; Rosie Duffield | 714 cc891-2 (Link to this contribution)
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, on which I serve, is currently considering the...; Natalie Elphicke Ross | 714 cc892-4 (Link to this contribution)
It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Canterbury (Rosie Duffield) and I thoroughly endors...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 714 c893 (Link to this contribution)
Please let us keep our speeches to five minutes or else I will have to put on a time limit.; Sarah Olney | 714 cc893-6 (Link to this contribution)
It is a real pleasure to contribute to this transport debate, because transport is so central to ...; Chris Loder | 714 cc896-7 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this debate; it is a pleasure to cont...; Fleur Anderson | 714 cc897-8 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) in what is a hugely impo...; Anna Firth | 714 cc898-900 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Putney (Fleur Anderson) and to have heard all the ...; Julie Marson | 714 cc899-901 (Link to this contribution)
It is a great pleasure to speak in this transport debate and to follow my hon. Friend the Member ...; Robert Largan | 714 cc901-3 (Link to this contribution)
I want to talk about a few different issues. The first, which a lot of other Members have touched...; Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi | 714 cc903-5 (Link to this contribution)
It is an absolute honour to respond on behalf of Her Majesty’s Opposition in this extremely impor...; Laura Farris | 714 c905 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi | 714 c905 (Link to this contribution)
I would love to take an intervention, but Madam Deputy Speaker has said that I have only nine min...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 714 cc905-6 (Link to this contribution)
Before I call the Minister, I would like to make it clear that I have observed, in case no one el...; Trudy Harrison | 714 c906 (Link to this contribution)
It is my absolute pleasure to close this debate and I welcome the spirited contributions from hon...; Ian Jnr Paisley | 714 c906 (Link to this contribution)
If all the charging points that are being demanded are delivered, will there be sufficient capaci...; Trudy Harrison | 714 c906 (Link to this contribution)
The generation of electricity is a matter for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial ...; Gavin Newlands | 714 c906 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way?; Trudy Harrison | 714 cc906-9 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry; I cannot.
With EVs being cheaper to own, run and maintain than their petrol and...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 714 c908 (Link to this contribution)
We are running six minutes over schedule—not the Minister, but everyone altogether. Those taking ...
Subjects: Bus services Aviation Capital investment Cycling Crew Fares Infrastructure Electric vehicles Pay Pollution control Railways Merchant shipping Rural areas Walking High Speed 2 line Charging points North of England
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