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Written Question
Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls
Tuesday 19th September 2023

Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will review the adequacy of processes for the changeover of the Dartford Crossing payment system providers.

Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

Yes. Whilst the service is working well now, a number of users experienced unsatisfactory delays. National Highways will consider carefully similar processes in future.

Written Question
Low Emission Zones: Greater London
Tuesday 21st February 2023

Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Mayor of London has access to DVLA records for the implementation and enforcement of the expansion of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone.

Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) provides information about UK-registered vehicles to Transport for London in line with the Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002. The release of DVLA information for this purpose is governed by Regulation 27 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002.

Written Question
Electric Vehicles: Hydrogen
Tuesday 31st January 2023

Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of hydrogen transport technology.

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

Many of the Department’s research, development, and demonstration funding programmes support the development of hydrogen for transport. This includes the £206 million UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions, the £165 million Advanced Fuels Fund as part of the Jet Zero programme, the pioneering £212 million Zero Emission Road Freight Demonstrator, and the £7.6 million First of a Kind fund in rail.

The Department’s investment of £23 million to a dedicated Hydrogen Transport Hub on Tees Valley will be used to explore how hydrogen works across transport in conjunction with regions energy system and local businesses. The Government is also supporting the development of skills and announced funding to enable this, working with the Tees Valley Combined Authority to upskill the local workforce.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"4. What recent discussions he has had with National Highways on closures of the Dartford crossing due to protests. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his answer, and I welcome him to his position. He will know that the lack of crossings east of the Thames makes the Dartford crossing particularly vulnerable to not just protesters but all other kinds of incident. Does he agree that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 23 Mar 2021
Outer London Congestion Charge

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the proposal for an outer London congestion charge.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I am very grateful to have secured the debate. The Mayor of London’s proposal to charge drivers to enter Greater London would …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 23 Mar 2021
Outer London Congestion Charge

"If the London Mayor were to implement this outer London congestion charge, would the Labour party support it?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 23 Mar 2021
Outer London Congestion Charge

"My thanks to you, Ms Rees, for chairing this debate. May I also thank everybody who has contributed? It has been a constructive debate, with much of it centring on whether or not TfL and the Mayor of London are properly financed. Even if one concedes—which I do not—that they …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Jan 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What discussions has my hon. Friend had with the Mayor of London about his proposals to charge my constituents in Kent £3.50 to drive into the neighbouring London Borough of Bexley? Does my hon. Friend agree that that would have a catastrophic and disproportionate impact on places such as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Nov 2020
Road Traffic

"My constituency is, in many ways, the gateway to Kent from both London and Essex, via the Dartford crossing. Will she assure me that her Department will use its best endeavours to ensure that lorries do not use local, small roads either for travelling to a different location or for …..."
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