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1128135

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Passenger Ships: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Marine and Coastguard Agency’s Consultation on the Proposed Revised Technical Requirements and Associated Impact Assessment Resulting from the Review of Standards for Older UK Passenger Ships, published on 6 November 2018, whether the Maritime and Coastguard Agency will publish updated proposals to regulate older UK passenger boats before 20 August taking into account responses already received; and whether any such proposals will include essential safety measures to improve human survival rates in the event of a major collision.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL15949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2019 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has adjusted the proposals in the light of responses to the first consultation and launched a second consultation on the revised proposals on 29 May 2019. The consultation can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/second-consultation-on-the-review-of-standards-for-older-passenger-ships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/second-consultation-on-the-review-of-standards-for-older-passenger-ships</a>. These proposals retain damage stability requirements for some vessels.</p><p> </p><p>The MCA believes that the enhancements to damage stability, life-saving appliance carriage requirements and pumping arrangements will improve the outcome in the event of an incident.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 03/06/2019 14:33:53 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1128457

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 232503 on Taxis: Licensing, what plans he has to bring forward primary legislation to reform taxi and private hire licensing laws.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	257751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Government will bring forward legislation in respect of the commitments made in the response to the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing when time allows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/06/2019 10:35:13 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1128458

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 240585 on Taxis: Licensing, what progress he has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to restrict cross border hiring by private hire drivers.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	257752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Government continues to carefully consider how any restriction of out-of-area journeys by taxis and private hire vehicles proposed by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group might work in practice, with a view to legislating when time allows.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/06/2019 12:56:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1128554

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Coast Rail Franchise and Rail Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timescale is for making a decision on the commercial models for the development of the East Coast Partnership; and what his timescale is for receiving Keith William's Rail Review Report.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	257748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The plans for the ECP are progressing well. The aim is to continue the ongoing design of the Partnership in a sustainable way and deliver reliable and high-quality rail services for passengers in step with Keith Williams’ root and branch review of the railway. The government will publish a White Paper setting out how we will implement the Review’s recommendations in the autumn. Reform will start as early as 2020.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/06/2019 12:43:37 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1128555

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Timetables
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on devolution of railway timetabling to the newly established Network Rail regions.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	257749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>On a national rail network many rail services will go beyond an individual rail region. Decisions over how far to devolve specific activities as part of their Putting Passengers First programme are a matter for Network Rail. The Department for Transport is supportive of the proposals in the programme and is continuing to engage with Network Rail as they implement the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/06/2019 12:22:12 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1128559

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the specifications for the West Coast Partnership rail franchise requires the new operator to be responsible for timetabling across the route of that franchise.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	257750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>In its Shadow Operator role, the West Coast Partnership operator will, working in conjunction with Network Rail, HS2 Ltd and other Train and Freight Operators, develop advice for the Secretary of State on options for the post HS2 launch Train Service Specification on both HS2 and WCML routes. The West Coast Partnership operator’s role in the timetabling process will be consistent with existing practices across the rail industry both before and after HS2 services are launched.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/06/2019 12:48:40 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1128070

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Scotland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the sufficiency of competition in the provision of air services from Scotland to London.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL15919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2019 answer text <p>The aviation sector operates in a competitive, commercial environment, investing to attract passengers and responding to demand when determining routes to operate.</p><p> </p><p>Scotland is well-served by air services into London, with at least two airlines operating direct services from each of Scotland’s four largest airports into the London system.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 03/06/2019 14:34:13 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1127887

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to ensure that (a) British blue badge holders continue to receive the parking concessions that they are entitled to in EU and EFTA member states and (b) EU and EFTA members state citizens who hold blue badges continue to receive the parking concessions that they are entitled to in the UK in the event that the UK leaves the EU on or before 31 October 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	257107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is considering all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for the continued recognition of Blue Badges. Whilst we are confident of agreeing continued mutual recognition, as this would be in the interest of both the UK and the EU, the negotiation of the arrangements for our exit from the EU are ongoing and no decisions on this topic have yet been taken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 04/06/2019 10:24:57 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield