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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 10 Sep 2021
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill

"The hon. Member makes an important point. That is one of the issues of living in a devolved series of nations: we have to try to work with others. I have to say that I am not aware of that being the overwhelming problem at the moment, but should it …..."
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Written Question
Bus Services: Coronavirus
Wednesday 8th September 2021

Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated from the £226.5 million covid-19 bus operator recovery grant (a) to each combined authority area and (b) in total from the commencement of that grant until 1 September 2021.

Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch

The Bus Recovery Grant will support Local Transport Authorities and commercial operators to deliver bus services until the end of the current financial year. Allocations for each local authority will be announced shortly.

Written Question
Public Transport: Environment Protection
Thursday 24th June 2021

Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government plans to take to promote the climate advantages of public transport during COP26.

Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch

A multifaceted transport plan is being developed to support the delegate experience at COP26 with public transport being a key element of the plan. The plan will encourage delegates, media, and civil society travelling to COP26 to consider low-carbon travel options such as rail as a way of entering the UK.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Mar 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the 2017 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough devolution deal on transport connectivity in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Peterborough. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Mar 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"In the Budget last week, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough was the only mayoral authority not to get money from the intra-city transport settlement. We are still awaiting the blocked £45 million in housing funding, and we got just 75% of the indicative amount for active travel, when everyone else got at …..."
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Written Question
Railway Stations: Taxis
Friday 15th January 2021

Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) discussions he has had with and (b) advice he has issued to train companies on reducing station taxi rank fees for taxi and private hire vehicles during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris

The Department has received correspondence from a number of train operating companies on reducing station taxi rank fees for taxi and private hire vehicles during the covid-19 outbreak. As the majority of drivers are self-employed, they are already largely eligible for the Government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (equivalent to the furlough scheme for salaried employees), as well as other Government sources of funding potentially, such as the deferral of VAT.

Written Question
Railway Stations: Taxis
Friday 15th January 2021

Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of train companies maintaining taxi rank fees at stations during the covid-19 outbreak on on the income of taxi and private hire vehicle drivers.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris

The Department has made no assessment of the effect of train companies maintaining taxi rank fees at stations during the covid-19 outbreak on the income of taxi and private hire vehicle drivers.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Dec 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" With the mothballing of Crossrail 2, the four-tracking of routes out of London, through the innovation corridor, up to Stansted and Cambridge is at risk. Will the Minister look at separating out some of those schemes to ensure that we get the kind of reliability we need on those …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Dec 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on taxi and private hire vehicle drivers. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Dec 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"With over 350,000 licensed taxi and private hire drivers, this is the biggest employment group in the transport sector. As we speak, in London, electric cabs, which we all welcome, are being handed back because of inflexible finance deals. In every constituency, there will be hundreds of drivers laying up …..."
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