Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 May 2018
Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill [Lords]
"I might not be able to emulate the knowledge and experience of my right hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Mr Goodwill), the eloquence, erudition and elegance of delivery of my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Mr Hayes), or the positivity of …..."Edward Argar - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 May 2018
Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill [Lords]
"My right hon. Friend is correct. The RHA has adopted a constructive, engaged and positive approach, as he will know from his dealings with it when he was a successful Transport Minister. The Bill will also provide the Secretary of State with new powers to allocate permits and to charge …..."Edward Argar - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 10 May 2018
Community Transport
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood) on her Committee’s report and on her excellent speech. There is a reason why the Transport Act 1985 set out a reasonable but relatively light-touch regulatory regime for community …..."Edward Argar - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 10 May 2018
Community Transport
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Written Question
Thursday 29th March 2018
Asked by:
Edward Argar (Conservative - Melton and Syston)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle cyclists cycling on pavements.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Cycling on the pavement (“footway”) is an offence under Section 72 of the Highways Act 1835. Enforcement is a matter for the Police who are able to issue a Fixed Penalty Notice of £50 or can choose to prosecute offenders with a maximum fine of £500.
Like all road users, cyclists have a duty to behave in a safe and responsible manner, and this is reflected in the Highway Code's rules for cyclists.
On 9 March the Department published a Call for Evidence into how to improve road safety for pedestrians and cyclists, in order to support the Government ambition to make cycling and walking a natural choice for shorter journeys.
This consultation is open until 1 June and is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cycling-and-walking-investment-strategy-cwis-safety-review
Written Question
Monday 6th November 2017
Asked by:
Edward Argar (Conservative - Melton and Syston)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of expected traffic volumes on the M1 between junctions 21 and 22 in Leicestershire over the next 10 years.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The section between junction 21and 21a is busy because of the confluence between strategic traffic on the M1, regional flows between the M1 and M6 using the M69 and local traffic accessing Leicester.
There has been no specific 10 year assessment made of traffic volumes on the M1 between J21 - 22. However, the M1 section between J19 – 23a is the 8th busiest area within the London to Scotland East route strategy, and the 84th nationally.
Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill (Second sitting)
"Q This is probably more to Mr Madderson. You touched on mandating or not mandating particular solutions. Do you have any assessment, either anecdotal or based on research, from your members? The big retailers may well be able to adapt over time and have different types of fuel supply, …..."Edward Argar - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill (First sitting)
"Q I have a very quick question, following on, I think, from the answers that were given to the Minister’s question, in which you all said you anticipated that, if this goes to plan, it will see safer vehicles and therefore a reduction in accidents, leading to a reduction …..."Edward Argar - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Oct 2017
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
"The thrust of this Bill is rightly uncontroversial and consensual. Were persuasion of its merits needed, it was supplied by the Ciceronian eloquence and elegance, and indeed the exhaustive explanations, with which the Minister for Transport Legislation and Maritime, my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The …..."Edward Argar - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Oct 2017
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
"My hon. Friend makes an important point. Perhaps I should say a vehicle’s driver has historically been held responsible. Of course, in this context the person who wrote the code would not be held responsible. The insurer, in the first instance, would be held responsible, with the insurer or the …..."Edward Argar - View Speech
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