September 2020


Kerry McCarthy (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to encourage local authorities to produce local cycling and walking infrastructure plans.

 

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Kerry McCarthy (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement of the £250 million emergency active travel fund on 9 May 2020, what assessment his Department has made of the additional investment required to double cycling by 2025.

 

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Kerry McCarthy (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in cycling and walking rates as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions have eased.

 

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Andrew Gywnne (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implied zebra crossings on side roads.

 

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Lilian Greenwood (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the role of canal towpaths in his plans to increase walking and cycling.

 

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Kerry McCarthy (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding the Government is making available to local authorities seeking to implement on-street bike storage.

 

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Charlotte Nichols (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commit to increasing funding by £6 billion to local authorities for the investment of cycling and walking infrastructure.

 

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Lord Greaves (Lib Dem)

 

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to allocate the remainder of the £2 billion investment to create “a new era for walking and cycling”, announced on 9 May.

 

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John Spellar (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates his Department has made of changes in the level of local air pollution as a result of traffic jams caused by road closures put in place in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

 

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Stephen Morgan (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Government’s bicycle repair vouchers are issued to people (a) with the greatest need and (b) who live in areas that most require an increase in uptake of active travel.

 

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Stephen Morgan (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the accessibility of the Government’s bicycle repair voucher scheme to people without access to a computer.

 

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Kevan Jones (Lab)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Cycle to Work scheme is available to people on zero-hour contracts.

 

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Barbara Keeley (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage lower levels of car use; and if he will make a statement.

 

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Rachael Maskell (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has taken recent steps to review sentencing policy for dangerous driving.

 

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Lord Grocott (Lab)

 

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 3 August (HL7358), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, what are the (1) absolute numbers, and (2) proportions of commuters, travelling into by London by (a) rail including London Underground, (b) bus, (c) car, (d) bicycle, and (e) motor cycle.

 

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Lord Berkeley (Lab)

 

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, how many (1) road accidents, (2) injuries, and (3) fatalities, of (a) pedestrians, (b) cyclists, and (c) vehicle occupants, were attributed to vehicle drivers using their mobile telephones in the last year for which figures are available.

 

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Luke Evans (Con)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to support the development of disability friendly pavements and crossings.

 

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Rupa Huq (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been received by each local authority in (a) London and (b) England for the purposes of creating low traffic neighbourhoods.

 

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Robert Largan (Con)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on (a) levels of active travel and (b) the connectivity of the most deprived areas of England of Canal & River Trust proposals for 30 towpath improvement schemes across the country; and if he will make a statement.

 

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Tracey Crouch (Con)

 

What support his Department is providing to local authorities to maintain and increase levels of cycling and walking.

 

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Kevin Brennan (Lab)

 

What steps he plans to take to encourage the use of sustainable transport (a) during and (b) following the covid-19 outbreak.

 

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Lord Greaves (Lib Dem)

 

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking (1) to discourage the use of private combustion engine motor vehicles in cities, and (2) to promote the use of public transport in cities and elsewhere, during the remainder of 2020.

 

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Selaine Saxby (Con)

 

What steps his Department is taking to improve the condition of roads.

 

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Carla Lockhart (DUP)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications have been made to the Cycle to Work Scheme in each month of 2020.

 

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Olivia Blake (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is for establishing Active Travel England; what powers that inspectorate will have; what the appointment process is for the National Cycling and Walking Commissioner; and what parliamentary oversight there will be of that appointment process.

 

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Lord Goodlad (Con)

 

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the Mayor of London about the effect of the changes to the level and scope of the Congestion Charge on (1) businesses, (2) theatres, (3) cinemas, and (4) galleries, within the Congestion Charge zone; and what was the outcome of any such representations.

 

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Colleen Fletcher (Lab)

 

To ask the Attorney General, how many sentences imposed for causing death by dangerous driving his Department has considered under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last two years; on how many occasions in each of the last two years he has referred such sentences to the Court of Appeal; and how many of those sentences have been extended by the Court of Appeal as the original sentence imposed fell outside the range of sentences that could reasonably have been imposed in the circumstances of the case.

 

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Lord Pendry (Lab)

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to reports that congestion is now higher than comparable 2019 levels, what plans they have to reduce congestion on roads.

 

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Colleen Fletcher (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to introduce legislative proposals to extend the maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving.

 

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Lord Blencathra (Con)

 

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to encourage members of the public to perform citizens’ arrests if they witness dangerous use of e-scooters on pavements.

 

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Electric Scooter Trials debate in the House of Lords

 

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Colleen Fletcher (Lab)

 

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the laws relating to traffic offences are effectively enforced.

 

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