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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jun 2018
Rail Timetabling

"Yes, of course the timetable changes have been a total fiasco, but does the Secretary of State not understand that people in Furness in Cumbria have been begging him for months to get to grips with this appalling situation? Before Northern took on the full franchise, there were 103 cancellations …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 May 2018
Northern Rail Timetable Changes

"Thank you for allowing me to speak briefly in this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. I also thank the hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Mr Wragg) for letting me do so and congratulate him on securing the debate. I promise to be brief, as I did when securing the opportunity to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Nov 2017
Rail Update

"As the Secretary of State will know, the Cumbria coastline and the Furness line are giving a dire performance at the moment. It is disappointing that Cumbria was not mentioned in the strategy. Will he ask the Rail Minister, the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard), to …..."
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Written Question
Furness Railway Line
Monday 13th November 2017

Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will mandate Northern Rail to operate replacement buses on the Furness line in circumstances where cancelled or reduced services affect children's ability to travel to and from school.

Answered by Paul Maynard

Northern are already obliged by their Franchise Agreement to use all reasonable endeavours to provide or secure the provision of alternative transport arrangements to enable passengers affected by any disruption to complete their intended journeys. This includes ensuring that alternative transport arrangements are of reasonable quality and of a reasonably similar frequency to the advertised timetable.

Officials will raise this specific concern on the Furness Line with the operator.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Nov 2017
Transport in the North

"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) on securing this debate. It is a real pleasure and very worth while to follow not only my hon. Friend the Member for Sedgefield (Phil Wilson), but so many Members who are speaking from coastal areas …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Oct 2017
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill

"While the Minister is in an open frame of mind, will he look not simply at the lack of on-street provision, but at the unreliability of the network at the moment? If he has regularly driven in an electric car, he may well, like so many of us, have had …..."
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Written Question
A595: Grizebeck
Tuesday 18th July 2017

Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to open a consultation on improvements to the A595 near Grizebeck before the end of the current parliamentary session.

Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

The A595 in this location is a local road and the responsibility of Cumbria County Council.

Later this year the Department for Transport plans to consult on its plans to establish a Major Road Network, which would include the most important local authority A-Roads. A share of the National Road Fund, funded by Vehicle Excise Duty, will be set aside to fund improvements on this Network, which could include roads such as the A595 at Grizebeck.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Feb 2015
Transport Infrastructure (West and South Cumbria)

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Feb 2015
Transport Infrastructure (West and South Cumbria)

"Thank you for your forbearance, Mr Hood. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I know that you must particularly look forward to these debates on A roads. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Copeland (Mr Reed) on securing this debate and on leading the campaign …..."
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Written Question
Public Appointments
Tuesday 11th November 2014

Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.

Answered by Claire Perry

As reported in the Civil Service Commissioners Audit report, the number of appointments made by exception since 2010 are as follows:

YearNumber of exceptions
Grade 6 and below
2010/11220
2011/12No appointments were made by exception during the year within the Department and its agencies,
although it is possible that some former Civil Servants (below SCS Level 2) may have
been re-appointed under Exception 5, Re appointment of former Civil Servants
2012/1331
2103/1429

Information on who was appointed to each post is not held centrally.