July 2020
Layla Moran (Lib Dem)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of cyclists killed as a result of poor quality roads in each of the last 10 years.
Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-affiliated)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to prevent traffic congestion and air pollution from rising above pre-COVID-19 levels.
Bill Wiggin (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to improve road safety in (a) Herefordshire and (b) other rural areas.
Lord Bradshaw (Lib Dem)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the merits of increased information sharing between agencies responsible for road safety, including the police ,the Health and Safety Executive, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Highways England and the Traffic Commissioners, as well as private sector bodies such as the Motor Insurers’ Bureau; whether any such collaboration is inhibited by the Data Protection Act 2018 and other data protection concerns; and, if so, how they are mitigating these data protection concerns.
Fleur Anderson (Lab)
When will the Government publish their updated cycle infrastructure guidance for local authorities and the much promised cycling and walking plan or investment strategy, and will it be before recess?
Simon Fell (Con)
I thank my right hon. Friend for his commitment to cycling and his investment in it. In my constituency of Barrow, we have the opportunity now to create a safe cycle route from Walney Island all the way up the A590 to Ulverston across some abandoned railway bridges. Making that work means getting Network Rail, Highways England and our county council to pull together. What advice and support can he give me to make that happen?
James Daly (Con)
Bury Council has outlined plans for 70 new or upgraded crossings and five miles of protected cycle routes on busy roads, which if completed, would allow 88% of the population to use the Greater Manchester Bee Network. Implementation of those plans, however, has stalled, despite funding being in place. Will the Secretary of State meet me to ensure Bury North residents have the benefit of those improvements at the earliest opportunity?
Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Lab)
I thank the Department for the support it has given Brighton and Hove Council to move forward on some of its street schemes, but the developing lungs of children are the most vulnerable, so air quality around schools is important as is, of course, the fitness that we want to encourage in children. As we have heard, London has already started taking action on school street schemes, so will the Secretary of State bring into effect part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 to enable local authorities outside London to start to enable school street schemes to keep our children safe and reduce the 40,000 deaths because of poor air quality every year?
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
I thank the Secretary of State for that very direct answer. Around 40% of the lowest income households do not have access to a car, but we know from the Government’s own research that because they tend to live in more hazardous environments—so more traffic, more on-street parking, more pollution and little space for cycling and walking—they are deterred from active travel. Can we have a national strategy from the Government, not just money being sent down to local councils, to try to increase cycling and walking in our more deprived communities?
Toby Perkins (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of bicycle repair shops who are SMEs that will be able to accept Fix Your Bike vouchers.
Royston Smith (Con)
What steps his Department is taking to encourage people to use electric cycles.
Luke Evans (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the funding announced by the Government on 9 May 2020 for cycling and walking is planned to be allocated to Bosworth constituency.
Joy Morrissey (Con)
May I also ask the Minister to spare a thought for the roads and potholes of Beaconsfield?
Barry Sheerman (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety entitled Roads policing and its contribution to road safety, published on 4 June 2020, if she will make roads policing a strategic policing requirement.
Selaine Saxby (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Transport and (b) health sector bodies on promoting cycling and walking for NHS (i) employees and (ii) patients.
The Marquess of Lothian (Con)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they have given to local authorities about carrying out consultations with local communities ahead of the implementation of travel schemes funded from their emergency active travel fund for local authorities due to the COVID-19 pandemic announced by the Secretary of State on 23 May, in view of the eight week deadline for the implementation of such schemes; and what steps they are taking to ensure that the use of Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders by local authorities in such schemes does not bypass local democratic accountability.
Kenny MacAskill (SNP)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Road Safety statement of July 2019, what progress his Department has made on the introduction of a mandatory eyesight test at the age of 70 and every three years thereafter.
Simon Baynes (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is providing to local authorities to increase the amount of road space provided for cycling.
Bambos Charalambous (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what process his Department uses to monitor the effect of changes to streets to support social distancing on disabled pedestrians who are dependent on (a) tactile paving, (b) controlled crossings and (c) detectable kerbs.
Andrew Gywnne (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority in relation to strategic pop-up cycle routes in the city-region.
Layla Moran (Lib Dem)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Cycle and Walking Investment strategy funding has been allocated to the Oxford to Cambridge Arc since 2018.
Harriet Harman (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase (a) cycling and (b) the use of public transport in (i) Camberwell and Peckham and (ii) London.
Lord Greaves (Lib Dem)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will begin to promote public transport and a reduction in private vehicle use as part of the post-COVID-19 recovery; and what steps they will take to achieve this.
Sarah Olney (Lib Dem)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of e-scooters on blind people.
Kenny MacAskill (SNP)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Road Safety statement of July 2019, what progress his Department has made on setting up a Rural Road Users Advisory Panel.
Baroness Clark of Calton (Judge)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that people, including pedestrians, are protected from the risk of negligent injury and death caused by users of hired e-scooters in the e-scooter rental trials; and whether any such plans include (1) requiring compulsory insurance by users of hired e-scooters; (2) establishing a Government-funded compensation scheme for those without access to insurance; and (3) ensuring that victims have such protection for the full duration of the trial period.
Baroness Jones of Moulsecomb (Green)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review staff resources dedicated to active travel within the Department for Transport to manage the additional funding for active travel announced in May.
Baroness Jones of Moulsecomb (Green)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will publish further information about the creation of a national cycling and walking commissioner and inspectorate, first announced on 9 May.
Baroness Jones of Moulsecomb (Green)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether local authorities are permitted to use their allocations from the emergency active travel fund to pay for (1) adult cycle training, and (2) Bikeability Level 3 training for secondary school children.
Jonathan Gullis (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has allocated to (a) Stoke-on-Trent City Council and (b) Staffordshire County Council to increase the availability of road space for cycling.
Andrew Gywnne (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take in response to local authorities that do not follow Government statutory guidance on reallocating road space in response to the covid-19 outbreak..
Bill Wiggin (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents involving potholes there were in Herefordshire in 2019.
Bill Wiggin (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the prevalence of potholes on trade and commerce.
Bill Wiggin (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to improve road safety in (a) Herefordshire and (b) other rural areas.
Geraint Davies (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on (a) repurposing traffic lanes and parking spaces for cycling and wider footways and (b) the issues that those authorities have faced in doing that work.
Geraint Davies (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) walking and (b) cycling to school on children’s health.
Lord Lexden (Con)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to make bells or hooters mandatory on all bicycles and scooters being ridden on public highways.
Lord German (Lib Dem)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 29 June (HL Deb, col 464), when they expect to publish their White Paper on community justice and sentencing.
Louise Haigh (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the titles of the reports commissioned by her Department that remain outstanding.
Bob Blackman (Con)
May we have a statement from a Minister in the Department for Transport on the operation of local transport schemes? Harrow Council intends to close several roads, which will severely inconvenience the residents who live in those areas and force them to travel on congested roads, and then blames the Government for making it happen. If we can clarify the matter through a statement, everyone will be clear about whose responsibility this is.
Preet Kaur Gill (Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timeframe is for opening the Fix Your Bike Voucher Scheme to members of the public.
Geraint Davies (Lab)
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on improving local economies through increased walking and cycling.
Teresa May (Con)
Death by Dangerous Driving Bill (Sentencing)
Geraint Davies (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities have made changes to road layouts to give more space to cyclists and pedestrians since the publication of the Department for Transport’s statutory guidance to local authorities under the Traffic Management Act 2004.
Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bicycles have been repaired under the Government’s Voucher Repair Scheme to date.
Baroness Randerson (Lib Dem)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much new COVID-19funding they have spent to date (1) in total, and (2) per passenger, on (a) roads, (b) rail, (c) bus, (d) coach, (e) light-rail, (f) walking, and (g) cycling.
Bill Wiggin (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to ensure that local authorities compensate motorists for the closure of publicly funded roads.
Barry Sheerman (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains the Government’s policy to implement the EU (a) general safety regulations and (b) pedestrian safety regulations that will take effect in the EU from 2022.
Barry Sheerman (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment his Department has made of road safety standards in the (a) UK and (b) US
Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s document entitled, Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy: Safety Review, when his Department plans to commence its review of the Highway Code.
James Davies (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on enabling organised walking groups to resume their activities as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
The Marquess of Lothian (Con)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how long the consultation period on a national ban on pavement parking, announced on 12 March, is planned to be; and when there will be a detailed plan with a time frame for action to address issues caused by pavement parking.
Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the 500 miles of Dutch-inspired kerb-protected cycleways designed and paid for by the Ministry of Transport between 1934 and 1941; and whether he plans to upgrade those cycleways to comply with modern standards.
Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of his Department’s staff work primarily on policy in relation to cycling and walking.