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Written Question
Motorcycles: Bus Lanes
Thursday 4th September 2025

Asked by: Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow motorcycles to access bus lanes by default.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government remains committed to supporting efforts to improve the safety of motorcyclists, but has no plans to bring forward legislation to allow motorcycles to access bus lanes by default. Decisions on this matter are for local highway authorities to make on a case by case basis.

Written Question
Blue Badge Scheme: Gender
Tuesday 2nd September 2025

Asked by: Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the gov.uk Apply for a Blue Badge service asks for user's gender as (a) male, (b) female and (c) identify differently; and if he will ensure the Government Digital Service collects biological sex data.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

This information is collected as part of the Blue Badge application process to ensure the application is handled sensitively and issue badges under the appropriate gender.

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is tasked with transforming the provision of online public services, and is a matter for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Avanti West Coast Contract Renewal

"Many of my constituents in Dudley South have been let down badly by the inability of Avanti West Coast to operate an acceptable level of service. How many more chances will Avanti have before its faces the consequences of its failings?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Jan 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill

"My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. As a father, I would like to believe that I can make sure that my teenage daughter never leaves the house other than to go to school or to other authorised activities, but I know that in a very short time she will …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Jan 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill

"I join hon. Members in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) on bringing forward such an important Bill. I remember well that being drawn out of the private Member’s Bill ballot, particularly as a relatively new Member of the House, can be something of a mixed …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Jan 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill

"I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Perhaps it might have been more delicate to suggest that our right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) was not the grandfather of the Bill, but more a favourite uncle. That is how most of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 10 Sep 2021
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill

"I congratulate my hon. Friend on bringing this important Bill to the House. Of the 15,000 private hire licences issued by City of Wolverhampton Council in 2019, many were for drivers spread across the United Kingdom, including at least one as far away as Perth, which is quite some taxi …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Jul 2021
International Travel Rules

"Nearly seven in 10 British adults have now received two doses of the vaccine. Does my hon. Friend agree that we should use the long-term protections that the vaccines provide to restore some of the freedoms that we have lost in the past year, including the ability to travel abroad?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Sep 2020
International Travel

"As international travel slowly but surely gets back on its feet over the coming weeks and months, will the Secretary of State look at what further support he can give to help the many, many jobs dependent on the travel industry, such as through airport slots for airlines?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Sep 2019
Thomas Cook

"Will my right hon. Friend work with other travel companies, as well as ministerial colleagues, to ensure that the skills of Thomas Cook employees up and down the country can be retained within the sector?..."
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