January 2021


Colleen Fletcher (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central Government funding has been spent on upgrading the cycling network in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.

 

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Ruth Jones (Lab
)

 

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to tackle toxic air.

 

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Matt Vickers (Con)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to maintain signage for cyclists to ensure their safety.

 

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Paul Blomfield (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the promotion of the use of fluorescent clothing by cyclists.

 

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Lord Truscott

 

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to accelerate plans (1) to improve air quality, and (2) to reduce pollution, in city centres.

 

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Hilary Benn (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans for electric scooters to be required to emit a sound to warn pedestrians of their approach; and if he will make a statement.

 

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Ruth Jones (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the effect of air quality on the severity of covid-19 symptoms

 

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Colleen Fletcher (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce transport emissions in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England..

 

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Catherine West (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support walking and cycling schemes.

 

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Marco Longhi (Con)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his department is taking to (a) improve road safety for pedestrians and (b) tackle pavement parking in Dudley North constituency.

 

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Jake Berry (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to increase to life imprisonment the maximum penalty for people who cause death by dangerous driving and death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs.

 

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Richard Holden (Con)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether parts used for the construction of electric bikes are currently exempt from anti-dumping levies for imports into the UK from (a) China and (b) elsewhere; and whether the Government has plans to review the import levies that do apply to those components.

 

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Alexander Stafford (Con)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to provide covid-19 funding support for (a) light rail, (b) buses and (c) active travel in response to the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.

 

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Lord Greaves (Lib Dem)

 

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reduce the levels of (1) personal, and (2) commercial, vehicle transportation on the roads following the COVID-19 pandemic; and if so, (a) to what level they plan to, and (b) how they intend to, reduce such activity.

 

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Pauline Latham (Lab)

 

Can the Prime Minister commit to delivering the eastern leg of HS2 in full, creating 150,000 jobs and billions of pounds of investment in the midlands and the north, as well as unlocking the capacity for local transport schemes in Derbyshire, in which cycling and walking must play a crucial part?

 

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Layla Moran (Lib Dem)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has received a bid from Oxfordshire City Council for a walking and cycling path on the B4044 as part of the tranche 2 emergency active travel fund.

 

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Cherilyn Mackrory (Con)

 

What support is the DfT providing to local authorities to maintain and increase levels of cycling and walking.

 

 

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Rachael Maskell (Lab)

 

What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to make an assessment of the effect on the economy of car-free environments.

 

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Harriett Baldwin (Con)

 

The Government’s support for active travel is very much welcomed by cyclists, walkers and horse riders in West Worcestershire. Is the Secretary of State speaking to his counterpart in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to find ways in which farmers could be incentivised through their agricultural management plans to contribute to the public good of creating new greenways like the one proposed from Worcester to Leominster?

 

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Matthew Offord (Con)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of differing blood alcohol limits in the UK on levels of road safety

 

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Liz Saville-Roberts (Plaid Cymru)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is planning to take to reduce ownership of sports utility vehicles in urban areas.

 

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