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Written Question
Railways: Japanese Knotweed
Tuesday 27th November 2018

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is providing to Network Rail to facilitate the removal of Japanese knotweed from railway embankments.

Answered by Andrew Jones

The settlement agreed between my Department and Network Rail for England and Wales in the years 2019-2024 contains a very substantial provision for operations and maintenance, including vegetation management. The removal of Japanese Knotweed would come from this funding.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Nov 2018
Road Safety

"My hon. Friend is making some good points on horses. Mine is an urban constituency, but we often get police horses going about the city, so it is important that different road users—..."
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Written Question
Aviation: Seating
Monday 23rd April 2018

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Civil Aviation Authority will publish its report on its investigation on allocated airline seating.

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

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is currently reviewing airline allocated seating polices after conducting consumer research that shows the current approach to allocated seating is causing confusion. As the body responsible for protecting and promoting the interests of consumers travelling by air, the CAA is seeking more information from airlines about their allocated seating practices to find out whether consumers are being treated fairly, and whether pricing policies are transparent. It also sought consumer views directly.

The CAA is currently analysing the results of their research. Once this is complete, findings and next steps will be published later this year.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Jan 2018
Rail Franchising

"According to the House of Commons Library briefing, the direct award for the west coast franchise mentions a commitment to work to remodel Carstairs junction, which is seen as significant bottleneck in the network. Anyone who has travelled on the line knows that time spent at Carstairs is often time …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Jan 2018
Rail Franchising

"Does my hon. Friend agree that the experience from our casework is that Network Rail is not an accountable body at all? When we try to raise constituency cases, or make complaints about works on the line or things that it wants to do, it is very difficult to get …..."
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Written Question
Driving: Licensing
Monday 11th December 2017

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) men and (b) women hold a (a) full and (b) provisional UK driving licence.

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

The information requested is already published and can be found at

https://data.gov.uk/dataset/driving-licence-data

Written Question
Driving Licences
Monday 11th December 2017

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) men and (b) women hold a (a) full and (b) provisional UK driving licence.

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

The information requested is already published and can be found at

https://data.gov.uk/dataset/driving-licence-data

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Yesterday, I met people from nextbike, who run an excellent cycle hire scheme in Glasgow, which I often use to get to my surgeries. Does the Minister have any plans to regulate public cycle hire schemes, so that the public can be assured of their safety?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Mar 2017
Bus Services Bill [Lords]

"On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. On Monday last week I asked for an emergency debate under Standing Order No. 24. I do not seek to reapply for that debate, but last week Mr Speaker said that he would

“hope and anticipate that the usual channels would find …..."
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Written Question
Driving Tests: Glasgow
Tuesday 28th February 2017

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many theory tests have been (a) sat, (b) passed and (c) failed at the Glasgow Driving Theory Test Centre in each year since 2007.

Answered by Andrew Jones

The table below includes all categories of theory tests taken at the Glasgow driving theory test centre. The data for 2016/2017 includes car and motorbike tests only for April to September.

GLASGOW

Conducted

Passed

Failed

2007-2008

27,130

18,576

8,554

2008-2009

26,792

18,323

8,469

2009-2010

26,897

17,959

8,938

2010-2011

25,648

17,008

8,640

2011-2012

33,254

21,297

11,957

2012-2013

37,478

23,367

14,111

2013-2014

46,769

25,796

20,973

2014-2015

44,586

24,370

20,216

2015-2016

54,228

28,869

25,359

2016-2017

26,444

13,581

12,863