Written Question
Wednesday 6th July 2022
Asked by:
Anthony Browne (Conservative - South Cambridgeshire)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to (a) commence and (b) publish the review of the national policy statement for national networks.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
The Secretary of State for Transport announced in July 2021 that the National Policy Statement for National Networks (NNNPS) would be reviewed, and that review has commenced. The Secretary of State intends to publish a draft of a revised NNNPS for consultation soon.
Written Question
Monday 4th July 2022
Asked by:
Anthony Browne (Conservative - South Cambridgeshire)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of a gateway test for carbon emissions to ensure that future transport schemes, with only rare exceptions, contribute to a reduction in emissions as opposed to a negligible or insignificant increase in emissions when compared with the national carbon budget.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
Transport schemes are assessed against a wide range of impacts as part of developing business cases. These assessments include carbon and other environmental impacts, and our underpinning models and methodologies are regularly enhanced and updated to take into account the latest data and evidence.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Jan 2022
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill
"My hon. Friend mentions that motorists might benefit from reduced insurance by getting rid of the clause. Will those of us who have just renewed our car insurance, including me, get some sort of discount as a result?..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Jan 2022
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill
"It is an honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Vale of Clwyd (Dr Davies). I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) on bringing forward this legislation. It is the first to get rid of some inherited EU law, as he said, for many …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Jan 2022
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill
"I completely agree. I declare another interest. I used to be Europe editor of The Times and I lived in Brussels for many years. I used to drive around across borders. If you drive for a couple of hours from Brussels you get into Luxembourg. Another half an hour and …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Jan 2022
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill
"We do. Clearly, people do drive from what is now the EU to the UK, but the volume of traffic is very low.
I want to raise a point about why we ended up with this European Court of Justice ruling. As a Europe editor of The Times, I …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Jan 2022
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill
"My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. That ECJ judgment has incredibly wide-ranging implications across many different sectors. I picked on golf buggies, but it affects lawnmowers, agricultural vehicles and electric scooters, as we heard. It is incredibly wide ranging. It is baffling and extraordinary how a Slovenian farmer, Mr …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Jan 2022
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill
"I was talking about the underlying legislative process for the Bill. I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and I agree; there are probably many other bits of legislation such as this, and it would be good to get a holistic view of the impact of all that.
For …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 27th January 2022
Asked by:
Anthony Browne (Conservative - South Cambridgeshire)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on mandating disability awareness training for all private hire vehicle drivers.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
Effective disability awareness training can help ensure that taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) drivers have the knowledge, skills and confidence to provide passengers with appropriate assistance, so that they can travel independently and with confidence.
The Department wants every local licensing authority to require taxi and PHV drivers to complete this training and will make this clear in updated best practice guidance, due to be published for consultation later in the year.
The Government also remains committed to introducing mandatory disability awareness training for taxi and PHV drivers through new National Minimum Standards for licensing authorities when Parliamentary time allows.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Apr 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
" As chair of the all-party parliamentary environment group, I am incredibly supportive of the Government’s ambition to phase out diesel trains across the entire UK network by 2040. East West Rail is soon to build a railway line in my constituency, due for completion in 2030, but it is …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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