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Written Question
Department for Transport: Ministers
Friday 6th September 2024

Asked by: Kit Malthouse (Conservative - North West Hampshire)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory direct ministerial appointments excluding special advisers she has made; and (i) who the appointee was and (ii) what the (A) remuneration, (B) title and (C) terms of reference was for each appointment.

Answered by Mike Kane

The Secretary of State for Transport has not made any statutory or non-statutory direct ministerial appointments.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Oct 2017
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill

"My right hon. Friend might remember that at this point in his speech the last time the Bill appeared in the House, I pointed out to him that there were only two charging points in the House of Commons car park for those of us who have electric cars. He …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 21 Mar 2017
Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill (Sixth sitting)

"Presumably the Minister could make clear that the Government intend the word “rest” to imply that the engines are turned off and that the entirety of the journey is, therefore, complete...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 21 Mar 2017
Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill (Sixth sitting)

"I am slightly confused. Is the hon. Gentleman attempting to legislate for what is essentially a political decision? [Interruption.] It is for the Government to decide to have a strategy, but he is attempting to legislate for that decision, which is surely within the Minister’s ambit. I am …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 21 Mar 2017
Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill (Sixth sitting)

"I completely understand what the hon. Gentleman is saying, and I agree. I am a convert to electric vehicles—hydrogen electric vehicles, as it happens. I just think it is for Ministers to put out a strategy, and they take their chances with the House if they do or do not.

…..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 16 Mar 2017
Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill (Fourth sitting)

"I find the hon. Gentleman’s new clause a bit absolute. My experience of updating software is that some updates are critical and some are quite nice to have and may not relate to safety. For instance, with an autonomous car, there might be a software update that tells the car …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 16 Mar 2017
Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill (Fourth sitting)

"I want to speak in support of the amendment, not least because of something we have to bear in mind during the passage of the Bill, which is the pace of change of technology. It is likely that the move to electrical vehicles, whether battery or hydrogen, will be very …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 16 Mar 2017
Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill (Fourth sitting)

"I am hesitant to give the Minister a chemistry lesson, but the combustion of hydrogen does not produce anything like as much CO2—no carbon is involved, necessarily, in the combustion of that—and it produces significantly less NOx emissions, so there is a huge advantage in the internal combustion …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 16 Mar 2017
Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill (Third sitting)

"The Minister is making a strong point, but I have a couple of things to add. First, there is a misunderstanding about self-parking cars. I do not know how many Members have one, but I do. All self-parking cars at the moment require the driver to control both the throttle …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 16 Mar 2017
Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill (Third sitting)

"As we heard in the evidence presented to us, the industry has already made a decision about automatic braking and emergency stops. We get cheaper premiums—..."
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