Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
P&O Ferries and Employment Rights
"I only want to take a few moments to express my solidarity with the workers given the disgraceful way in which they have been treated, and we can all agree with much of what has been said about that across the House. There has been a great temptation to transfer …..."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 7th December 2021
Asked by:
Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the zero-emission buses purchased using the £355 million allocated in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 will be made in the UK.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
As set out in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 £355 million of new funding has been made available for zero emission buses. UK bus manufacturers are well placed to benefit from this funding for zero emission buses.
Written Question
Tuesday 7th December 2021
Asked by:
Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will announce the successful applicants to the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) slow-track process.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
17 local transport authorities are working to produce business cases under the standard process of the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme. The Department will award funding to successful business cases under the standard process in Spring 2022.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Motorcycling: Government Support
"It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Robertson. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Herefordshire (Bill Wiggin) on putting this important matter on our agenda. I want to speak on three points about motorcycling: sport, support and safety. I also want to add to the …..."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Motorcycling: Government Support
"My right hon. Friend has obviously been reading my notes, which is very unfair of him––do not read them any more. Sporting tourism is huge in Northern Ireland. He talked about people visiting sporting races. Almost 40,000 people go to an average round of the British superbikes and in some …..."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Motorcycling: Government Support
"I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. It is absolutely true if people decide to get on to a motorcycle, we should make sure they are encouraged to ride it safely, and if they want to get their test and move up the grades of motorcycle, there should …..."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Motorcycling: Government Support
"The hon. Member makes an important point. Once electric bikes become the fastest bikes, whether that is for motocross or as a track bike, that will become the pinnacle of the sport and that is where people will ultimately move. Encouraging tech design will create safety and environmental change...."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Sep 2021
HS2
"The hon. Member for Coventry North West (Taiwo Owatemi) outlined the criteria of honesty, transparency, value for money and openness. Has HS2 not failed the test on all those things? The rocketing costs make people feel like they are on a runaway train that has not even had the opportunity …..."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 28th April 2021
Asked by:
Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to work with (a) the Home Office and (b) UK Border Force to ensure the the UK Border is (i) prepared and (ii) resourced to undertake the increased checks being mandated by the traffic light framework for the return of international travel.
Answered by Robert Courts
The Department for Transport is working with Home Office, Department for Health and Social Care and Border Force to ensure the UK border is ready for the return of international travel. This includes modelling demand scenarios, flexing resource deployment and increasing automation at the border, including the use of e-gates to increase capacity.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Mar 2021
National Bus Strategy: England
"As the Member of Parliament whose constituency includes the Wrightbus factory, which has carried out pioneering work—it was the first to produce the hydrogen bus for the UK and the battery diesel bus—I have been pushing the Prime Minister on this for some time. I welcome the statement and the …..."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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