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Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Insurance
Monday 18th December 2023

Asked by: Duncan Baker (Conservative - North Norfolk)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with car insurance regulators on helping ensure that rises in car insurance premiums do not disproportionately impact elderly drivers.

Answered by Guy Opperman

The Government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly and firms are required to do so under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules.

Department for Transport officials regularly liaise with representatives of the motor insurance industry and discuss issues as they arise. However, it is the responsibility of individual motor insurers to set their premiums and the terms and conditions of their policies, and the Government does not intervene or seek to control the market.

Written Question
Railways
Thursday 24th March 2022

Asked by: Duncan Baker (Conservative - North Norfolk)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage rail travel in the next 12 months.

Answered by Wendy Morton - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The pandemic is changing travel habits, and we are starting to see some substantial changes in passenger demand for rail travel.

We are working with the rail industry to develop a number of recovery initiatives, focused on restoring passenger confidence and encouraging passengers to choose rail. Further announcements will be made in due course.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Sep 2021
HGV Driver Shortages

"The Prime Minister has often declared his love of buses in this place, so does the Secretary of State recognise that there are recruitment issues not just in the HGV sector, but in the bus sector? In rural and isolated constituencies such as mine of North Norfolk, that has real …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Jul 2021
International Travel Rules

"I, too, woke on Saturday morning to lots of concerned residents who were upset about the change in self-isolation rules for people coming back from France. Can my hon. Friend reassure me by answering two particular questions?

First, why did the Government move so quickly to change those rules? I …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 13 Oct 2020
RNLI and Independent Lifeboats: Covid-19

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) for having brought such an important debate to Westminster Hall. Much like everybody else, I will begin by paying tribute to the volunteers, and particularly to the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 May 2020
Covid-19: Transport

"Rural bus transport is a lifeline for so many people, particularly in rural constituencies such as mine in North Norfolk. We have the oldest constituency demographics in the whole country, with many older people who cannot drive and, crucially, rely on buses as their only form of transport in isolated …..."
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