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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Feb 2019
Seaborne Freight

"Given that this is just one example of hapless contingency planning that we are aware of, and that there may be all sorts of other haphazard things going on, should not the Secretary of State commit to more transparency about contingency planning more broadly? He knows that the Operation Yellowhammer …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jan 2019
Seaborne Freight

"If this contract fails, our country will have even greater problems with the continuity of trade, so it will be the public who pay the price—it will not be just the central contractor that loses money.

I seek a bit of accountability from the Secretary of State. The front page …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 06 Nov 2018
Draft International Road Transport Permits (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Draft Trailer Registration Regulations 2018

"I apologise for missing the beginning of the Minister’s remarks but he should answer my hon. Friend’s question: is it the Government’s objective to be part of the Community licence scheme or not?..."
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 06 Nov 2018
Draft International Road Transport Permits (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Draft Trailer Registration Regulations 2018

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 May 2018
Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill [Lords]

"The Secretary of State might be putting a gloss on what is potentially a catastrophic situation. I give him the opportunity, from the Dispatch Box, to give a categorical guarantee that, after exit day, the licences of 318,000 HGV drivers will still be valid to deliver goods across the European …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 May 2018
Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill [Lords]

"I am sorry to interrupt the Secretary of State, but this is quite important. He acknowledges that I asked a straight question about the guarantee. Is it not the case that, even in that worst-case situation, some sort of bilateral agreement with other EU countries would be required and there …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 May 2018
Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill [Lords]

"My hon. Friend will have noticed that the Secretary of State—in all his finger-crossing hopes for something to crop up before Brexit day—did not actually update the House on the progress that he might be making towards a comprehensive land transport agreement, which is what the Freight Transport Association is …..."
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Written Question
Road Traffic Offences: Employment
Monday 30th April 2018

Asked by: Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on introducing tighter measures for companies that employ drivers so that such companies are automatically informed when an employee is convicted of a motoring offence and subsequently loses their professional driving licence; and if he will make a statement.

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

There are no plans for the Secretary of State to hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice about measures of this kind.

The Driver and Vehicle and Licencing Agency (DVLA) does not hold or ask for details of where drivers work. In the haulage sector, some drivers are self-employed or work through agencies on short-term contracts for a variety of different companies.

All employers have a duty to check their employees’ licences regularly; the DVLA advises that this should be done at least once every three months and they can do so using the DVLA’s free licence check service.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Nov 2016
Midland Main Line Electrification

"I am grateful to the right hon. Lady for securing this vital debate. She points out, correctly, that inter-city connectivity between these crucial areas of growth is so poor that without electrification we cannot legitimately look for a midlands engine, which is, after all, the Government’s supposed priority for the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Nottingham Express Transit Extension

"I commend the right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry) for raising important points about taking care during infrastructure construction, but my constituents use the tram, they love it and they would like it to extend eventually to the east side of the city...."
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