Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"14. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of ticket inspection by rail operating companies. ..."Martin Vickers - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"I thank the Minister for her reply, but my experience is that ticket inspection falls very far short of 100%. As she says, the cost ultimately falls on other passengers and the taxpayer. What further steps can she take to ensure that the companies bear the burden of their inadequacies …..."Martin Vickers - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"I note what my right hon. Friend says, but my constituency is a major centre of the logistics industry and HGV drivers are certainly still experiencing problems. This problem has continued for years now. Can I urge him to redouble his efforts to ensure an improvement to the service?..."Martin Vickers - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Dec 2021
National Lost Trawlermen’s Memorial Day
"I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. He talks of the triple tragedy, and I am old enough to remember the hush of cold silence over Grimsby when a trawler went missing. I remember regularly going down to Grimsby docks with my father, who worked on the docks …..."Martin Vickers - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 7th December 2021
Asked by:
Martin Vickers (Conservative - Brigg and Immingham)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Policy Exchange report entitled Charging up, published on 2 February 2021, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the number of electric vehicle charging points needed to meet demand across the UK are installed by 2030.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
The UK has been a global front-runner in supporting provision of charging infrastructure along with private sector investment. Our vision is to have one of the best infrastructure networks in the world for electric vehicles (EVs), and we want chargepoints to be accessible, affordable and secure. The number of public chargepoints available has increased by 33% in the past 12 months from October 2020 to October 2021.
We will invest over £1.3 billion in accelerating the roll out of charging infrastructure over the next four years, targeting support on rapid chargepoints on motorways and major roads, and installing more on-street chargepoints near homes and workplaces to make charging as easy as refuelling a petrol or diesel car. Our grant schemes and the £400m Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will see thousands more electric vehicle charge-points installed across the UK.
Government’s forthcoming EV Infrastructure Strategy will define our vision for the continued roll-out of a world-leading charging infrastructure network across the UK. The strategy will focus on how we will unlock the chargepoint rollout needed to enable the transition from early adoption to mass market uptake of EVs. We will set out our next steps to address barriers to private investment and level up charge point provision. The strategy will clearly establish Government’s expectations for the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in the planning and deployment of charging infrastructure.
Alongside the Strategy, to increase confidence in the charging network and reduce range anxiety the Government is working with industry to simplify payment, ensure reliability and make chargepoint data freely available, helping drivers easily locate and access available chargepoints. In Spring 2021 we consulted on measures to improve the consumer experience of public charging and we will publish our response this winter and are seeking to lay legislation in the new year.
Written Question
Tuesday 7th December 2021
Asked by:
Martin Vickers (Conservative - Brigg and Immingham)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 24 of the Net Zero Strategy, what his Department's implementation timeline is for the zero emissions vehicle mandate; and what the next steps his Department plans to take are in respect of the zero emissions vehicle mandate.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
As referenced in the Net Zero Strategy, the Government has committed to introducing a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate, setting targets for a percentage of manufacturers’ new car and van sales to be zero emission each year, from 2024.
The Government is currently analysing responses to the consultation, and will publish a full Government response in due course.
Following publication of the Government’s response to the consultation, we will work to bring forward specific proposals. The first of these will most likely be in Spring 2022, with regulatory proposals for cars and vans.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Nov 2021
Integrated Rail Plan: North and Midlands
"I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, which I think is a good balance between what was hoped for and what can actually be achieved. I am sure it was an oversight that he did not mention Cleethorpes in his statement. Can he assure me that the restored direct link …..."Martin Vickers - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Scunthorpe Driving Theory Test Centre
"I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for the speech that she is giving, which highlights a growing problem. Being in the neighbouring constituency, many of my residents in Barton-Upon-Humber and the surrounding area want to use the Scunthorpe centre as it is more convenient. Does she agree …..."Martin Vickers - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Sep 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"If Hull, Immingham and the Humber ports are to benefit from their freeport status, it is vital that we have a rail freight corridor between the Humber ports and the west coast. What progress is being made in that respect?..."Martin Vickers - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Jul 2021
Transport Decarbonisation
"I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Decarbonising our roads will be greatly assisted if we transfer more freight to rail. What progress is being made on delivering an east-west rail freight corridor from the Humber ports across to Liverpool and the west coast ports? As well as being a …..."Martin Vickers - View Speech
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