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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of public subsidy provided to the Bee Network in Greater Manchester.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of public subsidy provided to the Bee Network in Greater Manchester.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with Kent County Council on section 173(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with Kent County Council on section 173(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
That section of the Act gives Transport for London the power to provide transport services that start or finish in London. Kent County Council have not contacted me about this, but I know Transport for London has been talking to them about the provision of bus routes serving Darent Valley Hospital and Bluewater Shopping Centre, which provide important connectivity for my Honourable Friend’s constituents.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am sure that you and all Members of this House are hoping to get a holiday in at some point during this recess, so I wish you a hassle-free journey out and back home.
My Committee is today launching an inquiry on safer journeys for women and girls. The Minister for local transport, my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood), has set out the Department’s actions contributing to the Government’s goal of halving violence against women and girls within 10 years. What will the Transport Secretary be doing to monitor and measure the effectiveness of those actions?
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am sure that you and all Members of this House are hoping to get a holiday in at some point during this recess, so I wish you a hassle-free journey out and back home.
My Committee is today launching an inquiry on safer journeys for women and girls. The Minister for local transport, my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood), has set out the Department’s actions contributing to the Government’s goal of halving violence against women and girls within 10 years. What will the Transport Secretary be doing to monitor and measure the effectiveness of those actions?
I am very grateful to my hon. Friend and her Committee for their interest in personal safety on the transport network, especially that of women and girls. We have an ambitious, evidence-based programme to tackle VAWG on the transport network, and we are delivering nine commitments under the “Freedom from violence and abuse” strategy, including funding to improve CCTV connectivity between stations and the British Transport police. We are also launching mandatory crime and antisocial behaviour training for bus industry staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of public transport connectivity on levels of regional inequality in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of public transport connectivity on levels of regional inequality in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are available to passengers to report breaches of maximum passenger numbers on public transport services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are available to passengers to report breaches of maximum passenger numbers on public transport services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a multimodal ticketing system on rural communities in North East Hampshire constituency reliant on rail-bus interchange.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a multimodal ticketing system on rural communities in North East Hampshire constituency reliant on rail-bus interchange.
The Government recognises the importance of good quality, reliable connections for passengers in rural communities who rely on interchange between different modes of transport.
Under bus franchising and Enhanced Partnership arrangements, local transport authorities can develop integrated fares and ticketing schemes that reflect local travel needs.
Through Better Connected - the Government's integrated transport strategy - we are developing technology options to give local areas across the country options for implementing integrated ticketing options that suit local needs.
To ask His Majesty's Government what lessons about strategic planning they have learnt from heatwaves in the last four years, in particular in relation to reservoirs, air conditioning in publicly owned buildings, public transport, and healthcare.
To ask His Majesty's Government what lessons about strategic planning they have learnt from heatwaves in the last four years, in particular in relation to reservoirs, air conditioning in publicly owned buildings, public transport, and healthcare.
The recent heatwaves have served to reinforce the importance of strategic contingency planning and highlight the wide range of potential consequences. The Resilience Action Plan sets out the Government’s work to strengthen domestic resilience to all risks, including climate change. ‘Environmental’ is one of 26 chronic risks identified in the Government’s Chronic Risks Analysis.
Furthermore, the Government is taking action to ensure that public and private infrastructure operators can continue to deliver the essential services that underpin the economy and set the conditions for sustainable long-term growth in the face of increasingly severe climate impacts.
More broadly, under the Climate Change Act 2008, the Government has a legal framework for strengthening UK preparedness to climate change risks. This includes preparing a Climate Change Risk Assessment every five years, which is led by Defra, followed by a National Adaptation Programme setting out how the government will address the identified climate risks across a range of sectors including infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve passenger safety and comfort on public transport during periods of extreme heat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve passenger safety and comfort on public transport during periods of extreme heat.
Ensuring the welfare of passengers on public transport remains a priority for the Department, including during extreme hot weather. Train operators, along with other public transport operators, encourage all passengers to follow the latest public health and travel advice. For example, during the most recent high temperatures, amended timetables and passenger messaging were developed to support the welfare of passengers and rail staff and bus operators were expected to ensure their fleets prioritised ventilation, driver welfare, and passenger support to maintain, safe comfortable journeys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to improve public transport connections in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to improve public transport connections in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
The Government is committed to improving public transport and ensuring services better reflect the needs of local communities.
The Bus Services Act 2025 gives local leaders, including in Lincolnshire, greater powers over bus services, enabling them to shape provision in areas such as South Holland and the Deepings.
To support this, the Government has confirmed over £3 billion from 2026/27 to improve and sustain bus services across England, including through multi-year allocations under the Local Authority Bus Grant. This will provide local authorities with greater certainty to plan and deliver improvements. Greater Lincolnshire Combined Authority will be allocated £60 million under the LABG from 2026/27 to 2028/29.
In addition, the Government has extended the £3 cap on single bus fares in England until March 2027, helping keep travel affordable for passengers in Lincolnshire and across the country.
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) introduced an additional Sunday passenger service between Newark North Gate and Lincoln from May 2026, improving access to Lincoln and enhancing connectivity for passengers and local communities.
East Midlands Railway’s December 2025 Timetable change supported the economic growth of two key eastern regional cities (Lincoln and Nottingham), by doubling the number of services from 1 train per hour (tph) to 2tph, providing up to 12 extra services in each direction and over 2,000 extra seats on a weekday and 2,500 extra seats on a Saturday. The services were retimed to create a better clockface timetable in Lincolnshire and improve connections at Lincoln.
More broadly, the Department continues to work with industry partners to identify opportunities to improve rail connectivity across Lincolnshire and the wider East Coast region, supporting better links for passengers and communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the accessibility of MoD Bicester to amenities, public transport, healthcare, legal advice and asylum support services.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the accessibility of MoD Bicester to amenities, public transport, healthcare, legal advice and asylum support services.
No decision has been made in respect of the use of MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation.
The Home Office has engaged regularly with the Secretary of State for Defence regarding the proposed use of the site. Suitability assessments are ongoing and will consider a range of factors including safety, security, operational deliverability, and planning requirements and the impact on local services and communities.
The department will continue to engage regularly with all statutory partners if plans are to be progressed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of inadequate public transport as a barrier to employment in Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of inadequate public transport as a barrier to employment in Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North constituency.
Assessments of local transport infrastructure are led by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), which is responsible for allocating its £2.4 billion Transport for City Regions funding settlement through to 2031/32.
DWP Jobcentres take a place based approach when supporting customers into work, considering local labour market conditions and barriers to employment, including transport.
Jobcentres work closely with local employers, offer Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs), and can provide Flexible Support Fund (FSF) assistance towards travel, childcare and other work-related costs where appropriate.
Through this support, Jobcentres help customers overcome barriers to employment, including transport-related challenges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of accessibility for disabled passengers on public transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of accessibility for disabled passengers on public transport.
The Government recognises that more needs to be done to ensure public transport is accessible to all and allows disable people to travel safely, confidently and with dignity.
Our Bus Services Act 2025 includes a comprehensive package of measures to improve the accessibility and inclusivity of local transport. Through the Act, we are helping authorities to provide safer and more accessible bus stations and stops; mandating more streamlined disability training for bus drivers and frontline staff and requiring local authorities to regularly review the accessibility of their bus networks through the development and publishing of a Bus Network Accessibility Plan.
We are committed to improving the experience for disabled passengers on rail services and that is why we published the Department’s roadmap to an accessible railway alongside the Railways Bill. It sets out what we are doing now to improve the day-to-day travelling experience for disabled passengers in the lead up to Great British Railways being established.
The Railways Bill will also establish a Passenger Watchdog, protecting the rights of disabled passengers by setting consumer standards including on accessibility, monitoring passenger experience and service delivery, investigating persistent issues, and advocating for improvements. We are also continuing to install accessible routes at stations through our Access for All programme and have completed a programme to install platform edge safety tactiles on every platform in the country.
We are also committed to developing an Accessible Travel Charter. The Charter is a commitment to a shared vision for accessible travel. It will set out what disabled travellers can expect from their journeys, share best practice across organisations and create greater consistency in end-to-end journeys for disabled travellers.
Lords question for short debate on what assessment they have made of the contribution of live music to the UK's culture and economy.
Lords question for short debate on what assessment they have made of the contribution of live music to the UK's culture and economy.
My Lords, I start by drawing the House’s attention to my declaration in the register of interests, including my membership of the Musicians’ Union and the Ivors Academy. It will not surprise a number of colleagues here that I will take this opportunity of a debate about live music to...
My Lords, I start by drawing the House’s attention to my declaration in the register of interests, including my membership of the Musicians’ Union and the Ivors Academy. It will not surprise a number of colleagues here that I will take this opportunity of a debate about live music to...
My Lords, I will focus on the cultural importance of live music, which can enrich the lives of us all. The response to the noble Lord, Lord Brennan, shows that there is feeling around the House on just that. It supports artistic expression, preserves musical heritage and strengthens communities. Live...
My Lords, I will focus on the cultural importance of live music, which can enrich the lives of us all. The response to the noble Lord, Lord Brennan, shows that there is feeling around the House on just that. It supports artistic expression, preserves musical heritage and strengthens communities. Live...
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Brennan, on an excellent speech. In policy terms, the guidance provided for culture as an area of competence for the mayoral strategic authorities—we discussed this at length during the passage of the devolution Bill—is that it needs to be a consultation from...
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Brennan, on an excellent speech. In policy terms, the guidance provided for culture as an area of competence for the mayoral strategic authorities—we discussed this at length during the passage of the devolution Bill—is that it needs to be a consultation from...
My Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend on an excellent opening speech. My focus today is on the pipeline of musicians and the music teachers needed to train them—a pipeline damaged by young people’s lack of access to music in state schools. Our Labour Government inherited an education system...
My Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend on an excellent opening speech. My focus today is on the pipeline of musicians and the music teachers needed to train them—a pipeline damaged by young people’s lack of access to music in state schools. Our Labour Government inherited an education system...
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Brennan, on his epically superb speech. I declare my interest as a trustee of the KOKO Foundation. As all noble Lords know, KOKO is a fantastically cool music venue in Camden. In fact, it was made live music venue of the year.
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My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Brennan, on his epically superb speech. I declare my interest as a trustee of the KOKO Foundation. As all noble Lords know, KOKO is a fantastically cool music venue in Camden. In fact, it was made live music venue of the year.
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