Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Oct 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"Parishes in my constituency such as Ditchling and Ringmer want to introduce road safety measures including reducing the speed limit and cutting the number of HGVs coming through the villages, but they have been told by the local highways authority that not enough fatalities have occurred. Will the Minister outline …..."Maria Caulfield - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 13th October 2022
Asked by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative - Lewes)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing speed limits on road safety for all users.
Answered by Katherine Fletcher
The Department published a comprehensive three-year evaluation of the effect of 20mph signed-only limits in November 2018.
The report found that while 20mph limits were supported by the majority of residents and drivers, there was insufficient evidence to conclude that that the introduction of 20mph limits in residential areas had led to a significant change in collisions and casualties.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"One of the best ways to decarbonise roads is to improve rail services, so will the Minister join me in congratulating Cooksbridge Area Rail Action Group, which has managed to secure an hourly rail service mid-week and, for the first time in years, on a Saturday, which will move more …..."Maria Caulfield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"9. What steps he is taking to reduce HGV traffic on rural roads. ..."Maria Caulfield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"I thank the Minister for that answer, but will he look at introducing mandatory commercial sat-navs to all HGVs, so they avoid using rural roads and stick to the A roads they should be on? That would also help with the enforcement of existing restrictions in villages such as Ditchling …..."Maria Caulfield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"T8. When will we see the end of short formation trains on the Southern rail network? On the Lewes to Eastbourne stretch, we are on four-carriage trains every day. When will this misery end?..."Maria Caulfield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jun 2018
Rail Timetabling
"Do we really need a review before action is taken? People who commute from Lewes, Polegate, Seaford, Newhaven and many more stations have had to endure not just the timetable changes, but 18 months of strike action and 18 months of misery while the London Bridge works were happening, and …..."Maria Caulfield - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Asked by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative - Lewes)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of trains that were supposed to stop at Plumpton but did not do so between 1 January and May 1 2018.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The Department for Transport does not keep information on the details of number of ‘station skipping’ incidents on the Southern network.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 May 2018
East Coast Main Line
"The Secretary of State’s statement mentions the break-up in 2021of the Thameslink and Southern Rail franchises, but I urge him to break them up sooner rather than later. The new timetable changes affect passengers in my rural constituency, with stations at Berwick, Wivelsfield, Seaford, Lewes, Plumpton and Polegate all losing …..."Maria Caulfield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Rail Announcement
"I welcome the announcement of the invitation to tender for HS2 and the benefits that HS2 will be bring the region. Will the new model be used when the Southern franchise is broken up and re-tendered? Is there a timescale for that?..."Maria Caulfield - View Speech
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