January 2022
Lord Moylan (Con)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by INRIX 2021 Global Traffic Scorecard, published on 6 December; and in particular, its findings (1) regarding the number of hours UK drivers spent in traffic, and (2) that London is the most congested city in the world in terms of traffic congestion.
Debate: Police Powers to Suspend Driving Licences
Sarah Olney (Lib Dem)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason his Department has contributed (a) 80 per cent of the funding to the Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing and (b) 33 per cent of the total cost for the repairs to Hammersmith Bridge.
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with (1) motoring organisations, and (2) other road users, regarding the imminent changes to the Highway Code.
Jessica Morden (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will set a target of zero road deaths and serious injuries by 2040.
Luke Evans (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the hierarchy of road users as outlined in the Highway Code is understood by road users.
Bob Seely (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to improve cycling infrastructure (a) on the Isle of Wight and (b) in other isolated and island communities.
Lord Grocott (Lab)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 20 December 2021 (HL5014), whether they will now (1) answer the questions put, and (2) publish the level of funding they have provided for cycle lanes to each local authority in each of the last five years.
Luke Evans (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage cyclists to use (a) high visibility clothing in the dark, (b) cycle helmets, (c) bicycle bells and (d) other safety precautions when out on the road.
Lisa Nandy (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of global supply chain issues in the automotive sector on the ability of businesses, organisations and individuals in Greater Manchester to upgrade to cleaner, compliant vehicles under the plans for the introduction of a Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone.
Rachael Maskell (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional support for bicycle recycling centres in every local community.
Sarah Olney (Lib Dem)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to make a statement in the House of Commons on the recent changes to the Highway Code.
Rachael Maskell (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a detailed strategy on the establishment of a cycling network in England.
Sarah Olney (Lib Dem)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to amend rule 66 of the Highway Code.
Rachael Maskell (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a car scrappage scheme to replace cars with (a) bikes, (b) e-bikes and (c) other forms of active or electric active transport for the purposes of accelerating net zero plans.
Louise Haigh (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 Question 99009 on Roads: Repairs and Maintenance, what the total Highways Maintenance funding allocation was for (a) Hertfordshire Council, (b) Lancashire County Council, (c) Oxfordshire County Council, (d) Cumbria County Council and (e) WMCA in (i) 2020-21 and (ii) 2021-22.
Luke Evans (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with relevant stakeholders in Leicestershire on helping to ensure that proposed changes to The Highway Code are successfully implemented in Bosworth constituency.
Gill Furniss (Lab)
That this House has considered funding for the Upper Don Trail.
Lilian Greenwood (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the report on road safety targets which was commissioned by his Department in conjunction with WSP and Loughborough University.
Louise Haigh (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which types of media and platforms, advertising campaigns were carried out by or on behalf of his Department raising awareness of the forthcoming changes to the Highway Code coming into force at the end of January 2022 including the new advisory measures.
Louise Haigh (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Highways Maintenance funding allocation was for North Yorkshire County Council in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for further regulating the use of e-scooters given the safety concerns about their use.
Lilian Greenwood (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of HMICFRS’s July 2020 report, Roads Policing: Not optional – An inspection of roads policing in England and Wales
Trudy Harrison (Con)
Statement on Active Travel England
Vicky Foxcroft (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department expects to publish the outcome of the Managing pavement parking consultation, which closed on 30 August 2020.
Gill Furniss (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to report on his findings on e–scooter trials.
Navenda Mishra (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to change (a) traffic regulation orders or (a) pavement parking prohibition NM13303 in response to its 2020 consultation, Pavement parking: options for change.
Lord Berkeley (Lab)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will publish the findings of their Pavement parking: options for change consultation, which ran from 31 August 2020 to 22 November 2020.
Tim Loughton (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department made of the potential risk to road safety prior to the decision in September 2021 to cease the requirement to take the B+E test to tow a trailer or caravan with a car.
Baroness Moulsecoomb (Green)
That this House regrets the draft Revision of the Highway Code because, despite making important changes to protect road users from harm, Her Majesty’s Government has failed sufficiently to educate the public on the changes.