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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Feb 2019
Seaborne Freight

"Does my right hon. Friend share my disappointment that Arklow Shipping, a major Irish shipping company and the main backer of Seaborne, has pulled away from this contract? Can he give assurances to Thanet District Council and local taxpayers that the cost of keeping Ramsgate in a state of readiness …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jan 2019
Seaborne Freight

"It is remarkable, is it not? If the Government were to do no planning for all Brexit eventualities, they would be condemned. Now they are doing sensible planning, they face derision. I have met Seaborne Freight, which has shown itself, over a number of years, to be the only party …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Jan 2018
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill

"I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way; he is being very generous with his time. As he got the Bill to its current state, did he consider that perhaps we have started the whole basis of the electrification of cars and batteries at the wrong point? …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Jan 2018
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill

"It looks as though I am bringing up the last of the Back Benchers, Mr Deputy Speaker, and it is a great pleasure to do so. I shall limit my observations to the part of the Bill that deals with autonomous vehicles. To my mind, what gets discussed in the …..."
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Written Question
Railways: Kent
Monday 27th February 2017

Asked by: Lord Mackinlay of Richborough (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on rail improvements in East Kent in each of the last five years.

Answered by Paul Maynard

The Department for Transport does not hold investment data in the format requested and this could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, over the last five years, the Government has made significant investment which benefit East Kent. This includes the introduction of several new high speed services (including at Martin Mill station); ongoing work to deliver line speed improvements between Ashford International and Ramsgate and a traction power supply upgrade to facilitate the operation of longer trains. The train operator has committed to making improvements worth more than £70m across the franchise area by 2018.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Sep 2016
HGV Fly-parking: Kent

"I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately) for securing this debate. I have had much correspondence on this issue with the Kent Association of Local Councils—I am sure my hon. Friend has as well—and it regularly fills up my email inbox. It is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Sep 2016
HGV Fly-parking: Kent

"My hon. Friend makes a valid point. The problem is that, if a vehicle is properly insured and there is no traffic regulation order to prohibit the parking on, say, a housing estate, under the law the vehicle can park there. It comes down to the lack of facilities that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Sep 2016
HGV Fly-parking: Kent

"That may not solve the problem of overnight fly-parking, because people will want to park for free somewhere else. That is perhaps something we need to pursue.

Once facilities are available, we need the stick: a higher fine. My hon. Friend the Member for Faversham and Mid Kent raised that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 22 Mar 2016
GPS and Heavy Goods Vehicles

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered GPS satellite navigation and heavy goods vehicles.

This is an increasingly complex issue because of the proliferation in recent years of devices and, more importantly, software available across Android, Apple and Microsoft-driven smartphones. The issue is not new but has been …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 22 Mar 2016
GPS and Heavy Goods Vehicles

"I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I am sure that if we asked just about every Member of the House, they would be able to cite similar problems of historic buildings being hit.

I will develop a little further my point about the technical wizardry. The GPS concept …..."
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