Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 12 Feb 2020
Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I am not without sympathy for the thoughts behind the amendment proposed by the noble Baroness, but there are some important complications, which were referred to by my noble friends Lord Tebbit and Lord Goschen. For example, electronic identification for each and every drone would be a considerable …..."Lord Trefgarne - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 10 Feb 2020
Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]
"Can my noble friend confirm that the words of paragraph (c),
“another person with functions relating to air navigation”,
also include the Ministry of Defence?..."Lord Trefgarne - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 10 Feb 2020
Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I apologise for interrupting again. Is the Minister saying that the Secretary of State for Transport now has powers to direct the Ministry of Defence in these matters?..."Lord Trefgarne - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 10 Feb 2020
Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]
"My Lords, at the risk of being boring—I apologise if I am—I ask my noble friend again if the Ministry of Defence is part of this discussion group...."Lord Trefgarne - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 10 Feb 2020
Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I likewise thank the noble Baroness. I must declare an interest. The Light Aircraft Association referred to in the amendment was once the Popular Flying Association, of which I had the honour of being president for a number of years, although I have long since ceased to do …..."Lord Trefgarne - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 10 Feb 2020
Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]
"I need to apologise once again to your Lordships, I am afraid. There is an interest I forgot to declare earlier: I am president of the British Association of Aviation Consultants. That is in the register, of course...."Lord Trefgarne - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 31st October 2019
Asked by:
Lord Trefgarne (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 9 September (HL17697), what plans they have to review the legal framework under which public utility companies can obstruct the highway for urgent repairs particularly in the Greater London Authority; and which projects they are taking forward to modernise the current regime.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
The Department for Transport is currently considering responses to a recent consultation on amending street works permit conditions relating to portable traffic signals and pavement working. We are encouraging the minority of authorities that have not yet moved to a permit scheme to do so as these are a more effective way of planning and managing street works. In 2018, the Government announced that authorities outside London and Kent, where pioneer schemes already existed, would also now have the option of operating a street works lane rental scheme to manage the impact of works on their busiest roads at busy times.
The Government has invested £10m in Street Manager, a new digital system for planning and coordinating street works, which will be used nationwide from April 2020. The Department is currently updating the technical guidance document, “Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Highways”, to bring it up to date and support innovation in the sector. Finally, the Department is starting to consider improvements to the street works inspection regime.
Written Question
Monday 9th September 2019
Asked by:
Lord Trefgarne (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the authority that public utility companies have to obstruct the highway to carry out repairs and installations.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
A range of legislation, statutory and other guidance applies to utility companies who carry out street works on the local road network to install, maintain and repair the infrastructure on which we all rely. These works are vital but that does not mean they should take longer than they should. My department constantly reviews the legal framework to reduce the impact works have on congestion and is taking forward a number of projects to modernise the regime.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 24 Jun 2019
Railways: Newcastle and Edinburgh
"Before my noble friend authorises the additional services requested by the noble Lord, Lord Beith, and no doubt well justified, can she do anything about the existing services on South Western Railway, whose services were again seriously disrupted last week?..."Lord Trefgarne - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 4th June 2019
Asked by:
Lord Trefgarne (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the approximate quantity of steel rail required for the HS2 project.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
As stated in the Working Draft Environmental Statement (p.136), the approximate total of steel required for the HS2 project is 1.94 million metric tonnes.
The procurements for contracts that will involve the purchase of steel have not yet concluded so no contract awards have been made. However, HS2 Ltd has already engaged with thousands of British businesses, to aid them in winning work on HS2. So far 98% of contracts for HS2, awarded directly and through the supply chain, have been won by British companies, with many more opportunities to come in the future. HS2 Ltd has let around £10bn worth of contracts and by the end of next year that will be around £20bn.