Written Question
Tuesday 8th December 2020
Asked by:
Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason it is his Department's policy that airlines should be responsible for the incomplete completion by a passenger of a passenger locator form.
Answered by Robert Courts
The Passenger Locator Form (PLF) is a key part of our Covid-19 strategy to ensure passengers who are required to self-isolate after travelling do so when they arrive in the UK, and passengers who have travelled near someone who tests positive can be contacted. Passengers are required to fill out a PLF before arrival in the UK.
Airlines are in an unparalleled position to assist in ensuring compliance away from the UK border, thereby facilitating a smooth arrivals process at UK ports.
The Government will continue to engage with industry on our proposals for ensuring passengers arrive at the border with a completed PLF.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Nov 2020
Aviation Industry
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered the future of the aviation industry.
It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. Before I start my remarks, I offer my congratulations to the Minister on his recent appointment. He was a very good member of …..."Lord Grayling - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Nov 2020
Aviation Industry
"I applaud all the contributions to the debate from Members from all parts of the House, and I hope that our comments are listened to more widely than simply in this room. I do not seek to challenge the Minister. He is new to his job, and he faces some …..."Lord Grayling - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 16th November 2020
Asked by:
Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his policy to extend the school streets initiative outside London.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
All local authorities in England are already able to install School Streets, as they consist of standard traffic management measures readily available to them.
The Active Travel Fund, announced on 9 May, is providing £225 million to local authorities to help them make changes to their road layouts to encourage active travel. Alongside this, the Department published additional Network Management Duty guidance providing advice on what changes the Government expected local authorities to make. School Streets are one of the measures listed.
‘Gear Change: A bold vision for cycling and walking’, published on 28 July, also includes a commitment to create more School Streets, to help deliver the ambition that half of all journeys in urban areas should be walked or cycled.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2020
Aviation Sector
"May I start by welcoming the Minister to his post? He is a welcome addition to the Department for Transport team. When I left the Department 14 months ago, I resolved that I would not speak in this place about transport issues for a while, because it felt appropriate not …..."Lord Grayling - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2020
Aviation Sector
"I absolutely agree, because this is not actually about our principal airports; it is about the regional airports, which are the cornerstone of their local economies. Heathrow airport will be there in 10 years’ time whatever happens, but we cannot say the same of our regional airports, which are facing …..."Lord Grayling - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2020
Aviation Sector
"These are crucial points. If we are seriously to rebalance our economy, we cannot afford to lose some of the fine manufacturing businesses in my hon. Friend’s constituency and elsewhere that service our aerospace sector so well and make it at such a fundamentally important part of the manufacturing side …..."Lord Grayling - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Jun 2020
Covid-19: Aviation
"I also represent a number of the British Airways employees affected, and I am grateful to the Minister for her commitment to keep pressurising the airline to try to minimise the number of job cuts. Indeed, I would encourage her to do that not simply with British Airways, but with …..."Lord Grayling - View Speech
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Speech in Written Statements - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Crossrail
"It has been a challenging year for the Crossrail project. Since August 2018 when Crossrail Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL), announced that the opening of the Elizabeth line through central London would be delayed, the project has been fully reviewed and reset.
Crossrail Ltd, TfL …..."Lord Grayling - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"I have taken a personal interest in this project, which I regard as an important part of our infrastructure that needs to be addressed, and my hon. Friend will be pleased to know that it is moving forward. Highways England announced its preferred route for the scheme in March, and …..."Lord Grayling - View Speech
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