October 2018
Vernon Coaker (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the length of sentences for dangerous driving; and if he will make a statement.
Jim Cunningham (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve safety for cyclists on roads in Coventry.
Jim Cunningham (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of cyclists who have died due to potholes on roads in (a) Coventry and (b) England in each year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.
Andrew Selous (Con)
What recent steps his Department has taken to promote cycling and walking.
Matt Rodda (Lab)
The Transport Department’s own statistics show that the Government are set to miss their target to increase the number of people who regularly walk and cycle. Walking is barely increasing, and many people are scared to cycle, as has been suggested, with nearly 60% telling the British social attitudes survey that they felt cycling was too dangerous, apparently because of the volume of traffic on the roads.
The Minister himself has said that the UK has a long way to go to improve levels of cycling and walking. Is it not high time for the Government to show some leadership and invest properly in walking and cycling, rather than paying lip service to pedestrians and cyclists?
Robert Courts (Con)
As a regular user of the A44 cycle path, I have seen many of the benefits that cycling can bring. As we look for improvements to the A40 and the Cotswold line to address congestion, does the Minister agree that cycling plays an essential part in an integrated transport network for West Oxfordshire?
Jim Cunningham (Lab):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Office on hit-and-run collisions in (a) Coventry and (b) England.
Layla Moran (Lib Dem)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Infrastructure Commission’s report entitled Running Out of Road: Investing in cycling in Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford, published in July 2018, if he will meet hon. Members representing Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge to discuss (a) investment in cycling infrastructure in those cities and (b) that report.
Road Safety debate:
Alex Chalk (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions there are in statute for the insurance of food delivery (a) bicycle and (b) motorbike riders.
Sharon Hodgson (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department’s Clean Air Strategy will include steps to increase levels of travel by (a) walking, (b) cycling, and (c) public transport.
Stephen Morgan (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities not receiving support from his Department to produce Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans are producing such plans.
Paul Girvan (DUP)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of cyclists killed in a road traffic collision were not wearing a safety helmet.
Layla Moran (Lib Dem)
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the National Infrastructure Commission’s report entitled Running Out of Road: Investing in cycling in Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford, published in July 2018, if he will allocate funding in the 2018 Budget to implement the recommendations in that report.
Ian Austin (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase driver awareness of the dangers of overtaking (a) cyclists and (b) other vulnerable road users without leaving sufficient space.
Ian Austin (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the inclusion in driver education on road safety of up-to-date visual tools and materials, including virtual reality films, to ensure that people are made aware of their driving from the perspective of other road users.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of promoting virtual reality road safety awareness films as an educational tool for drivers.
Steve McCabe (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a review of the effectiveness of driving (a) offences and (b) penalties.
Jim Cunningham (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is available to councils for local cycling and walking infrastructure plans as part of the cycling and walking investment strategy.
Clive Efford (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of traffic accidents involving cyclists were with heavy goods vehicles in each of the last ten years; and if he will make a statement.
Matt Warman (Con)
Last year, three cyclists died on the roads of Lincolnshire and seven children on bicycles were seriously injured. We would all like to see more people cycling—in my flat part of Lincolnshire, it is very easy—so may we have a debate on what more we can do to make cycling safer and more attractive, and also to work on road safety?
Meg Hiller (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to extend cycling’s popularity to groups that are currently under-represented.
Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the contribution from (a) local authorities, (b) local enterprise partnerships and (c) other local sources to meet the (i) targets, (ii) aims and (iii) ambitions of the cyclingand walking investment strategy.
Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding allocated to meet the the objectives of his Department’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.
Baroness Randerson (Lib Dem)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to maintain the standards governing the working hours of professional drivers set out in the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005 after Brexit.
Judith Cummins (Lab)
Whether he has made an assessment of the potential economic and social effect of major sporting events being hosted in the northern powerhouse area.