I wish to inform the House that the Government have opted in to the Council decision concerning the accession of the European Union to the protocol of 2002 to the Athens convention relating to the carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea, 1974, as regards articles 10 and 11...

I wish to inform the House that the Government have opted in to the Council decision concerning the accession of the European Union to the protocol of 2002 to the Athens convention relating to the carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea, 1974, as regards articles 10 and 11...

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mike Penning) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I wish to inform the House that the Government have opted into the Council decision concerning the accession of the European Union to the Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention...

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mike Penning) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I wish to inform the House that the Government have opted into the Council decision concerning the accession of the European Union to the Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention...

The Justice and Home Affairs Council is due to be held on 13 and 14 December in Brussels. My right honourable friend, Home Secretary (Theresa May), my right honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Justice (Kenneth Clarke MP) and the Scottish Solicitor General, (Lesley Thomson) will attend on behalf...

The Justice and Home Affairs Council is due to be held on 13 and 14 December in Brussels. My right honourable friend, Home Secretary (Theresa May), my right honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Justice (Kenneth Clarke MP) and the Scottish Solicitor General, (Lesley Thomson) will attend on behalf...

The Justice and Home Affairs Council is due to be held on the 13 and 14 December in Brussels. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, the Scottish Solicitor-General, (Lesley Thomson) and I will attend on behalf of the United Kingdom. As the provisional agenda stands, the...

The Justice and Home Affairs Council is due to be held on the 13 and 14 December in Brussels. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, the Scottish Solicitor-General, (Lesley Thomson) and I will attend on behalf of the United Kingdom. As the provisional agenda stands, the...

The informal G6 group of Ministers of the Interior from France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and the UK held their most recent meeting in Paris on 1 December under the French presidency of the group. The meeting was chaired by the French Interior Minister Claude Guéant. The meeting was divided...

The informal G6 group of Ministers of the Interior from France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and the UK held their most recent meeting in Paris on 1 December under the French presidency of the group. The meeting was chaired by the French Interior Minister Claude Guéant. The meeting was divided...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The informal G6 group of Ministers of the Interior from France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and the UK held their most recent meeting in Paris on 1 December...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The informal G6 group of Ministers of the Interior from France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and the UK held their most recent meeting in Paris on 1 December...

I. National Rail Trends 2010-11 yearbook. 220 p. II. Tables showing estimated net support paid by central and local government a) at current prices and b) at 2010/11 prices, for local bus services and concessionary travel by area type, in England from 1996/97 to 2010/11. 4 p.

I. National Rail Trends 2010-11 yearbook. 220 p. II. Tables showing estimated net support paid by central and local government a) at current prices and b) at 2010/11 prices, for local bus services and concessionary travel by area type, in England from 1996/97 to 2010/11. 4 p.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total cost to public funds to date of the e-borders system; and when they expect the system to be fully operational at all points of entry to the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total cost to public funds to date of the e-borders system; and when they expect the system to be fully operational at all points of entry to the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how much funding was allocated to passenger transport executives by (a) her Department and (b) other bodies in 2010-11;

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how much funding was allocated to passenger transport executives by (a) her Department and (b) other bodies in 2010-11;

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Transport (Justine Greening) has made the following Ministerial Statement. On Christmas Day 2009 an attempted attack on Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam Schiphol to Detroit was made using an explosive device concealed in the underwear of a passenger. The device had...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Transport (Justine Greening) has made the following Ministerial Statement. On Christmas Day 2009 an attempted attack on Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam Schiphol to Detroit was made using an explosive device concealed in the underwear of a passenger. The device had...

On Christmas day 2009 an attempted attack on Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam Schiphol to Detroit was made using an explosive device concealed in the underwear of a passenger. The device had been constructed with the aim of making detection by existing screening methods extremely difficult and had not been...

On Christmas day 2009 an attempted attack on Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam Schiphol to Detroit was made using an explosive device concealed in the underwear of a passenger. The device had been constructed with the aim of making detection by existing screening methods extremely difficult and had not been...

I. Response to the consultation on the use of security scanners in an aviation security environment. 11 p. II. Code of practice for the acceptable use of security scanners in an aviation security environment. 5 p. III. Direction to the airport operator of Gatwick Airport, under the Aviation Security Act 1982 relating to security scanners 2011. 11 p. IV. Direction (No. 2) to the airport operator of Heathrow Airport under the Aviation Security Act 1982 relating to security scanners 2011. 12 p. V. Consolidation direction (No. 5) to the airport operator of Manchester Airport under the Aviation Security Act 1982 relating to security scanners 2011. 13 p.

I. Response to the consultation on the use of security scanners in an aviation security environment. 11 p. II. Code of practice for the acceptable use of security scanners in an aviation security environment. 5 p. III. Direction to the airport operator of Gatwick Airport, under the Aviation Security Act...

Unallotted backbench debate (half day, part one). Agreed to on question.

Unallotted backbench debate (half day, part one). Agreed to on question.

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. Currently, the proportion paid by the traveller or fare payer is increasing and is now about half of the cost. That is very different from what applied in previous years. We were told clearly that the west coast main line will be...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. Currently, the proportion paid by the traveller or fare payer is increasing and is now about half of the cost. That is very different from what applied in previous years. We were told clearly that the west coast main line will be...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

Will the hon. Lady give way?

Those are matters for Government policy. When we raised that specific issue with Ministers in the Select Committee, we were told that the current assessments were based on existing Government policy. That could, of course, change; it would be a matter for the Government of the day. Many local authorities...

Those are matters for Government policy. When we raised that specific issue with Ministers in the Select Committee, we were told that the current assessments were based on existing Government policy. That could, of course, change; it would be a matter for the Government of the day. Many local authorities...

I congratulate the Select Committee on its exhaustive report. Would it not be useful if the Government found some technical way of including in the Bill provision for services to Manchester and Leeds, so that the north could give its full support to the railway?

I congratulate the Select Committee on its exhaustive report. Would it not be useful if the Government found some technical way of including in the Bill provision for services to Manchester and Leeds, so that the north could give its full support to the railway?

I beg to move,"That this House notes the publication of the Tenth Report from the Transport Committee on High Speed Rail, HC 1185." I am grateful for the opportunity to present on the Floor of the House the Transport Select Committee's report into high-speed rail. Our inquiry attracted widespread interest...

I beg to move,"That this House notes the publication of the Tenth Report from the Transport Committee on High Speed Rail, HC 1185." I am grateful for the opportunity to present on the Floor of the House the Transport Select Committee's report into high-speed rail. Our inquiry attracted widespread interest...