Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 28 Oct 2014
Furness Line
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) on securing this debate, on making such an excellent case, on being generous in his words and on giving me the chance to contribute. Before I move on …..."Lord Walney - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 28 Oct 2014
Furness Line
"I guess that the Minister’s previous comment is, in very strict terms, true, but the services are above the minimum requirement only because her Government changed that requirement by radically taking it downwards...."Lord Walney - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Oct 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"Electrification in the rest of the north-west is adding to the worry that the Furness line might lose its direct service to Manchester and Manchester airport, which is vital. Has the Secretary of State read the report by the Railway Consultancy, which was funded by businesses in my constituency through …..."Lord Walney - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 14th July 2014
Asked by:
Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what professional development courses are made available to staff of his Department; and what the cost to the public purse is of each such course.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The Department makes available to its staff any and all professional development courses from the training market which enable it to ensure that staff have the most relevant knowledge, skills and expertise to do their jobs effectively and so meet the Department's objectives.
It is therefore not possible to provide a complete list of all professional development courses available to staff.
The cost of training is closely monitored to ensure that expenditure is kept within budgetary provisions.
The Department also complies with the appropriate procurement route in order to ensure that professional development training is fit for purpose and offers good value for money.
Written Question
Monday 14th July 2014
Asked by:
Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in his Department since 2010 were previously (a) political appointees within that Department and (b) employed by a political party.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The department does not hold data relating to political activity prior to appointment, of its Senior Civil Servants. However, all Senior Civil Servants within our department must adhere to section 14 of the Civil Service code relating to Political Impartiality which can be found at
http://resources.civilservice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/civil-service-code-2010.pdf
Written Question
Monday 14th July 2014
Asked by:
Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on legal fees in cases relating to the release of information requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in each of the last five years.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The amount spent by this Department and its Executive Agencies on external legal fees relating to requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, namely payments to the Treasury Solicitor's Department and counsel, in each of the last five financial years, is as shown in the table below.
Financial year | External legal spend (excluding VAT) |
2009/10 | £17,495 |
2010/11 | £32,404 |
2011/12 | £311 |
2012/13 | £3,068 |
2013/14 | £69 |
2014/15* | £31,785 |
*Includes figures for payments of fees made to date.
Written Question
Monday 14th July 2014
Asked by:
Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what occasions each Minister within his Department has taken domestic flights on official business since May 2010.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Details of all Ministerial Overseas travel is published on a quarterly basis at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-transport&publication_type=transparency-data
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Mar 2014
Rolling Stock (North of England)
"Like many of my hon. Friends I am very much in favour of genuinely free markets. However, is not the point the fact that the market is mangled? It is not delivering for the customers—businesses and passengers—who are investing a lot of money, and for whom a properly functioning railway …..."Lord Walney - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Jul 2012
High Speed 2 (Heathrow)
"Thank you, Dr McCrea, for the opportunity to speak. It is a great pleasure to serve under you in the Chair.
I congratulate the hon. Member for The Cotswolds (Geoffrey Clifton-Brown) on securing this important and timely debate today. I commend him for making a speech that had many excellent …..."Lord Walney - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Jul 2012
High Speed 2 (Heathrow)
"That, I know, is a continuing and important longer-term issue for High Speed 2. Every time it is raised it is incumbent on us all to stress that even the first phase, as it is currently set out, would reduce journey times to Scotland. Obviously the further north the high-speed …..."Lord Walney - View Speech
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