November 2022

Christopher Chope (Con)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department takes to audit expenditure by local authorities in England from dedicated pothole funds; and if he will make an estimate of the proportion of that funding used to remove potholes.

 

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Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the compliance of local authorities establishing clean air zones with the policy paper entitled Clean air zone framework, updated on 6 October 2022.

 

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Fabian Hamilton (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the reintroduction of casualty reduction targets as a mechanism to reduce road deaths in England and Wales.

 

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Fabian Hamilton (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing Graduated Driving Licences for young drivers.

 

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Fabian Hamilton (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on publishing a new strategy on road safety.

 

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Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: Latchford

 

 

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Afzal Khan (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to prioritise active travel since September 2022..

 

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Rupa Huq (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Travel Survey: 2021, published August 2022, what assessment he has made of implications for his policies of the decreasing level of active travel in 2021 relative to 2020; and what steps he is taking to encourage more (a) walking and (b) cycling trips in (i) London and (ii) the rest of the UK.

 

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Fabian Hamilton (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made on the potential merits of a ban on pavement parking in order to improve vehicle access for individuals with mobility issues.

 

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Fleur Anderson (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to reduce the active travel budget

 

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Greg Knight (Con)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made on the potential merits of a ban on pavement parking in order to improve vehicle access for individuals with mobility issues.

 

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Greg Knight (Con)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of e-bikes used on public highways that have been modified to travel at speeds higher than those permitted; what steps he plans to take to help ensure the safety of road users impacted by modified e-bikes; and if he will make a statement.

 

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Gill Furniss (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish revised national road traffic forecasts to replace the 2018 forecasts that predate the net zero target.

 

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Alex Sobel (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if it remains his policy to implement support for active travel as outlined in his Department’s Gear Change document.

 

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Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for active travel programmes in the UK.

 

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Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme

 

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Rachael Maskell (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of walking and cycling for saving money, in the context of rising transport costs.

 

 

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Cat Smith (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department plans to spend on active travel in the period between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

 

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Rachael Maskell (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to (a) maintain and (b) build on the £3.8 billion investment into walking and cycling to help people access essential services during the cost of living crisis.

 

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Christopher Chope (Con)

 

If the Government will take steps to prevent local authorities in England from spending money allocated for local highways maintenance on other purposes.

 

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James Duddridge (Con)

 

What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, published in November 2022, on the impact of 20 mph speed limits on road traffic incidents.

 

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Elliot Colburn (Con)

 

What assessment he has made of the level of public support for ultra low emission zone schemes.

 

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Lilian Greenwood (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Rural Roads Working Group last met; and if he will publish the (a) attendee list, (b) agenda and (c) minutes of that meeting.

 

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Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town 

 

To ask His Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to creating new regulations on car headlight glare, in the light of the number of drivers reporting problems with dazzling, particularly from LEDs.

 

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