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date	03/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the effect of the EU Sulphur Directive on (a) the shipping industry, (b) jobs and (c) the environment; and what the outcome of the conversations has been.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	203939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the last eighteen months, there have been several meetings between officials from the Department for Transport and their French counterparts　to consider the effect of the EU Directive on sulphur content of marine fuels on the shipping industry, jobs and the environment. One of these meetings was a quadripartite meeting between UK and French officials and representatives of the UK Chamber of Shipping and its counterpart, the Armateurs de France.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of these discussions, the governments of the UK and France have supported applications to secure EU finance under the Trans-European Network (TEN-T) programme, and affordable capital through the European Investment Bank, on the part of shipowners and ports which wish to invest in green technologies.　 We have also obtained an assurance from the European Commission that it will meet individual ferry operators who wish to discuss their ‘route to compliance' strategy.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/07/2014 14:03:21 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

63753

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the upgrade of the Manchester-Leeds-York railway line will begin; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	202140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The upgrade referred to is included in the “North of England Programme”. This work has already begun. The programme will enhance key northern routes and provide benefits across the north of England, with over £1bn being invested over the next five years (2014-2019). Manchester - Leeds - York electrification was announced in November 2011 as part of the wider North Transpennine Electrification Scheme. This electrification scheme forms part of the North of England Programme. Key rail routes will be electrified across the North to make journeys faster, quicker and more reliable, improving journey times and the passenger experience.</p><p> </p><p>Work has already started, and the first phase of the Transpennine route (from Manchester to Stalybridge) is planned to be electrified by December 2016. To the east of Stalybridge, works are currently being planned to deliver a fully electrified route between Manchester, Leeds and York.</p><p>Once complete, this significant infrastructure improvement will link up with the already electrified lines at Leeds and York. Further information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-approves-major-infrastructure-works" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-approves-major-infrastructure-works</a></p><p><a href="http://www.networkrail.co.uk/North_West_electrification.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.networkrail.co.uk/North_West_electrification.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/07/2014 13:17:10 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

63754

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the effect will be on the transpennine community of the upgrade of train lines on the Manchester-Leeds-York railway line.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	202141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The transpennine community will benefit in better journeys, improved connections and more modern trains from the Government's £1bn investment in the rail network in the north of England. The Government is considering how the next Northern and TransPennine Express franchises starting in 2016 can best make use of this investment; and is currently, jointly with the Rail North consortium, seeking the views of passengers and communities on the improvements they want to see in a public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/07/2014 11:31:58 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering