Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton and Winchmore Hill)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of British Airways as a result of their recent announcement on staff redundancies.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
It would not be appropriate to comment on individual discussions. However, we recognise that this will be very distressing news for BA employees and their families, and we stand ready to support them.
The aviation sector is essential to the UK economy, and firms can draw upon the unprecedented package of measures, including: schemes to raise capital, flexibilities with tax bills, and financial support for employees. If airlines find themselves in trouble because of coronavirus, and have exhausted the measures already available to them, the Transport Secretary is clear that the Government is prepared to enter discussions with individual companies seeking bespoke support as a last resort, having exhausted all other options.??Any intervention would need to represent value for money for taxpayers.
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton and Winchmore Hill)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review his Department's policy on parking on pavements.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Decisions on pavement parking should be taken by councils, based on their understanding of local needs. However, the Department for Transport is undertaking further evidence-gathering on the issue of pavement parking and how it is addressed in current regulation.
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton and Winchmore Hill)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Transport for London and Network Rail on improving accessibility for disabled passengers on the London Liverpool Street to Enfield line.
Answered by Claire Perry
As part of the Greater Anglia devolution project a number of discussions on the condition of the stations have been held with Transport for London. Wider industry discussions mean that under the Access for All programme Tottenham Hale and Seven Sisters will get a step free route by 2019. Similar work at Edmonton Green was completed in 2014 and a further 16 stations have also received smaller scale access improvements.