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Written Question
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
Thursday 2nd May 2019

Asked by: Rebecca Pow (Conservative - Taunton Deane)

Question to the Department for Transport:

What steps he is taking to improve charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

The Government’s vision is to have one of the best infrastructure networks in the world for electric vehicles, and we want chargepoints to be accessible, affordable and secure. The Government’s grant schemes fund chargepoints at homes, workplaces and on residential streets. The £400m public-private Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will add thousands more public chargepoints to the 17,000 already installed. The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act gives Government new powers to regulate the chargepoint market and improve the experience for consumers.

Written Question
Shipping: Carbon Emissions
Thursday 21st March 2019

Asked by: Rebecca Pow (Conservative - Taunton Deane)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce carbon emissions from shipping.

Answered by Nusrat Ghani

The UK was a leading participant in the April 2018 negotiations that led to the Initial International Maritime Organization Greenhouse Gas Strategy. The UK continues to play a leading role in efforts to address carbon emissions from international shipping.

Domestically, we will be launching our Clean Maritime Plan in Spring 2019. This will set out plans to address both greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions from shipping, and will underpin our long-term vision of zero emission shipping.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jan 2019
Seaborne Freight

"Will my right hon. Friend assure the House that he is in consultation with not only Dover and Calais but other ports about what would happen in the event of no deal, which I sincerely hope will not happen? The way to avoid no deal, of course, is to vote …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"One thing that would reduce road congestion is, of course, getting people out of their cars and on to their bikes. We very much welcome the upgrade of the A358 in Taunton, but does the Secretary of State agree that whatever route is chosen by Highways England, the provision of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jan 2018
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

"I am totally in favour of the project, as train travel is environmentally friendly because it gets people out of their cars and on to trains. But will the Secretary of State reflect on the potential loss of ancient woodland because of HS2, and whether consideration might be given, where …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Jan 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for transport in the south-west. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Jan 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"I very much welcome the commitment to funding for the notorious A358 in my constituency, and I am pleased that the Secretary of State and Highways England listened to local concerns and my calls for a new consultation, which opened just this week with three proposals. However, I would like …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 Oct 2017
Rail Links: South-west England

"While we are broadening the discussion a bit, does the hon. Gentleman agree that we should also look at new railway stations to help develop the whole network across the south-west? For example, in my constituency we are working on a railway station for Wellington. I am also working with …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 Oct 2017
Rail Links: South-west England

"The right hon. Gentleman is making a passionate case. The Government committed to £4.6 million to transform our railway station in Taunton. We are still waiting for one spade to go into the ground. I understand exactly what the right hon. Gentleman is saying: we need the promised services to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Oct 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"T3. To make much-needed housing developments acceptable, it is essential to provide the right infrastructure—road structure, in particular—to cope with traffic increases. Often, only a small section of road is required: the small spine road through the proposed Staplegrove development in Taunton, for example. Although an application has been made …..."
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