Written Question
Thursday 4th November 2021
Asked by:
Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2021 to Question 58484 on Railways: Electrification, what plans he has for the electrification of the line from Northallerton through to Middlesbrough and Saltburn.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
The Government remains committed to rail decarbonisation to meet our 2050 net zero target and electrification will play an important part in this. This commitment was set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan. To deliver that, the Department will consider potential schemes, guided by Network Rail’s Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy (TDNS), ensuring that they can be delivered efficiently and affordably.
Written Question
Tuesday 20th July 2021
Asked by:
Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 27 April 2021, Official Report, column 86WH, on the Government's policy on the inappropriate use by some employers of fire and rehire as a negotiation tactic, what steps their Department has taken to (a) investigate and (b) discourage the use of fire and rehire negotiation tactics by their Department's executive non-departmental public bodies; and what steps they have taken to communicate the Government's policy on those practices to those bodies.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
We work constructively with each non-departmental public body we have responsibility for, including workforce management matters. However each is ultimately responsible for the management of their staff. We expect our public bodies to have constructive relationships with their staff and unions and not to engage in inappropriate negotiation tactics.
Written Question
Monday 26th April 2021
Asked by:
Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) existing collective bargaining agreements and (b) local employment at Teesport of Mudabala’s takeover of PD Ports.
Answered by Robert Courts
The Department has not made any assessment on the potential effect on collective bargaining agreements or local employment at Teesport.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Mar 2020
Income tax (charge)
"Clearly these are extraordinary times, and everything that we say and do is said and done through the prism of the response to the coronavirus emergency. I thank the Secretary of State for his kind remarks, and also for his courtesy and candour in keeping me briefed as these events …..."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Mar 2020
Income tax (charge)
"Those are indeed the sorts of responses that we hope to see emerge from the Government Dispatch Box later today. I entirely agree with the approach taken by the Welsh Government.
As I was saying—and my hon. Friend has echoed my view—the state should not bail out the private train …..."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Mar 2020
Income tax (charge)
"My hon. Friend must have read my speech in advance. I was about to ask the Secretary of State to prevail on the very same Richard Branson to look to his own considerable reserves, built on the wealth created by his Virgin airline workforce, and withdraw his proposal that they …..."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Mar 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"In the light of the Court of Appeal’s decision, the Government were wrong to deny the relevance and application of the Paris agreement. Do the Government now accept that their overriding obligation is one of compliance with our Paris accord commitments in reducing emissions, meaning that their national policy statement …..."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Mar 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Court of Appeal said that it was illegal.
In the midst of a climate crisis, the Chancellor announced the biggest-ever programme of road building—a £27 billion splurge that will increase car use, worsen congestion, and increase climate emissions. In anticipation of legal challenges, as with airport expansion, and before …..."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Mar 2020
Airport Expansion
"(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport to make a statement on airport expansion...."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Mar 2020
Airport Expansion
"I welcome the Minister to her place. Last week, the Court of Appeal ruled that the Government’s Heathrow expansion plan was unlawful as it failed to consider their Paris climate agreement commitments. I would like to thank those who fought the case, not the least of whom was the London …..."Andy McDonald - View Speech
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