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843530

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date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to On Track – the 20 year plan, published by the Peninsula Rail Task Force on October 2015, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on allocating funding for work to decrease journey times between Plymouth and Exeter.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	127871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions on a variety of matters with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Network Rail. Development of projects that deliver journey time improvements in the southwest peninsula are included in Network Rail’s recently published Strategic Business Plan for Control Period 6 (2019-2024). The Government expects to announce details of the process for determining new rail infrastructure enhancements in CP6 shortly.</p><p> </p><p>My Department will respond to the Peninsula Rail Task Force imminently.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 127872 question first answered 27/02/2018 17:17:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

843531

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to On Track – the 20 year plan, published by the Peninsula Rail Task Force on October 2015, what discussions he has had with Network Rail on decreasing journey times between Plymouth and Exeter.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	127872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions on a variety of matters with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Network Rail. Development of projects that deliver journey time improvements in the southwest peninsula are included in Network Rail’s recently published Strategic Business Plan for Control Period 6 (2019-2024). The Government expects to announce details of the process for determining new rail infrastructure enhancements in CP6 shortly.</p><p> </p><p>My Department will respond to the Peninsula Rail Task Force imminently.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 127871 question first answered 27/02/2018 17:17:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

843532

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to upgrade the train line between Plymouth and Totnes.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	127873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Development of projects that deliver journey time improvements in the southwest peninsula are included in Network Rail’s recently published Strategic Business Plan for Control Period 6 (2019-2024).</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail will also explore other opportunities for further improvements with their customers and the Peninsula Rail Task Force.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will however determine any new rail infrastructure enhancements proposed for CP6 using a new process, details of which are expected to be announced shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/02/2018 16:45:03 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

843543

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bridges: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has asked the National Infrastructure Commission to assess the viability of building a bridge spanning the English Channel.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	127884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is developing an ambitious programme of investment in England’s strategic roads and improving international connectivity is one of its aims. The programme is being informed by a wide range of evidence including the work of six strategic studies, which are focused on making major improvements to the capacity and connectivity of the road network.</p><p>Consideration of a bridge spanning the English Channel is not currently one of these studies, and to date the Department has not asked the National Infrastructure Commission to assess the viability of building such a bridge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 128349 question first answered 26/02/2018 13:45:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

843972

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bridges: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is the Government's policy to build a bridge across the English Channel.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	128349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is developing an ambitious programme of investment in England’s strategic roads and improving international connectivity is one of its aims. The programme is being informed by a wide range of evidence including the work of six strategic studies, which are focused on making major improvements to the capacity and connectivity of the road network.</p><p>Consideration of a bridge spanning the English Channel is not currently one of these studies, and to date the Department has not asked the National Infrastructure Commission to assess the viability of building such a bridge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 127884 question first answered 26/02/2018 13:45:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

844001

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	FV Solstice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the publication of the Marine Investigation Branch report into the sinking of the Solstice trawler off Plymouth in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	128118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>I expect the report to be published by the beginning of July.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/02/2018 12:24:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard