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43572

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report of the Commission on Devolution in Wales published on 3 March 2014, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Wales on the potential implications for (a) rail services in Chester and (b) Chester railway station of the recommendation in that report to devolve the Wales and Borders rail franchise to the National Assembly for Wales.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Stephen Mosley
	uin	192435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text No discussions have taken place with my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Wales, on further devolution of responsibilities for the Wales and Border franchise and its implications for the division of responsibilities between the two Governments for rail services calling at, and the management of, Chester station. answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3954 label Biography information for Stephen Mosley

506726

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	North Wales Coast Line: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of electrifying the railway line from (a) Crewe to Chester and (b) Chester to Holyhead.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	32747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>We await the industry’s advice on future investment priorities for the England and Wales network in the next Control Period, building on the Wales and other Route Studies. We continue to work with the industry, the Welsh Government and local groups, including the recently announced North Wales and Mersey Dee Region Task Force, to see what more can be accomplished to deliver better journeys for passengers and freight customers in this corridor. We welcome the recent submission by the Welsh Government of their Strategic Outline Business Case for electrification from Crewe/Warrington to Holyhead as a contribution to this work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/04/2016 15:04:07 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

638727

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote the recruitment of local workers for the construction and operation of High Speed 2 (HS2) in (a) London, (b) Birmingham and (c) the rest of the HS2 Phase One route; and what reporting requirements he is placing on HS2 contractors with regard to (i) local labour recruitment, (ii) spending with local suppliers and (iii) recruitment from disadvantaged and under-represented groups.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	53814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The steps taken to promote the recruitment of local workers (as well as disadvantaged and under-represented groups) are set out at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509181/G4_-_Approaches_to_Training_and_Employment_v1.4.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509181/G4_-_Approaches_to_Training_and_Employment_v1.4.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Measures to help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and local businesses from across the UK access supply chain opportunities are also included in the major works contracts. HS2 Ltd require every procurement to be fair, transparent and competitive and to maximise the opportunities for SMEs to provide the works.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/11/2016 14:07:56 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

638730

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what definition will be used for the term local workers in relation to recruitment policies introduced for the construction phase of High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	53813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The steps taken to promote the recruitment of local workers (as well as disadvantaged and under-represented groups) are set out at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509181/G4_-_Approaches_to_Training_and_Employment_v1.4.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509181/G4_-_Approaches_to_Training_and_Employment_v1.4.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/11/2016 14:03:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

636274

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Lighting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to amend the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 to proscribe the use of blue coloured decorative lights on HGV vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	52862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The specification including colour and use of lamps on road vehicles are the subject of The Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989. The Government has no plans to amend the regulations to ban the use of blue coloured decorative lamps on HGV vehicles, as these lamps are already prohibited by the regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 18/11/2016 10:36:31 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

420328

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Lighting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the road traffic construction and use regulations to prohibit blue lights on non-emergency vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	11221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The specification including colour and use of lamps on road vehicles are the subject of The Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989. Only emergency vehicles are permitted by this legislation to have blue special warning lamps and warning beacons. No assessment has been made to amend these regulations for blue lamps or warning beacons on non-emergency vehicles, as the prohibitions already exist.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/10/2015 11:22:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

638750

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles
	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 18 November 2016 to Question 52862, if he will make representations to (a) the Home Secretary and (b) Chief Officers of Police to put in place measures to enforce the ban on coloured decorative lights on HGV vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	53840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The road enforcement of road traffic law is an operational matter for individual Chief Police Officers, and their officers can issue verbal warnings, fixed penalty notices or report the driver for formal prosecution.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 24/11/2016 14:12:07 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

448499

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on its rail electrification programme.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	903331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The first ever electric trains are now running between Liverpool and Manchester, and Liverpool and Wigan, and the Farnworth tunnel is now open, further proof of this Government’s commitment to electrification – part of the biggest rail investment since Victorian times.</p><br /> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/01/2016 15:01:09 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

710643

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which contracts issued by his Department or its executive agencies are held by (a) Balfour Beatty, (b) Mott MacDonald and (c) Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald joint venture.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	67666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The contracts issued by my Department or its executive agencies held by Mott MacDonald are listed in Table A below. No contracts are held by my Department or its executive agencies with Balfour Beatty or Balfour Beatty / Mott MacDonald joint venture.</p><p> </p><p>Table A – live contracts with Mott MacDonald</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Title</p></td><td><p>Reference</p></td><td><p>Start date</p></td><td><p>End date</p></td><td><p>Value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PQQ Passport Evaluation</p></td><td><p>PPRO 04/101/026</p></td><td><p>1 June 2016</p></td><td><p>1 June 2018</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Network Services Directorate (NSD)` West Team and NSD Intercity Team Economic Advisors</p></td><td><p>PPRO 04/101/44</p></td><td><p>3 January 2017</p></td><td><p>3<sup>rd</sup> January 2019 Option to extend contract for a further 1 year + 1 year period</p></td><td><p>£500k + £250k +£250k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Network Services Directorate (NSD) London and South East Team Economic Advisors</p></td><td><p>PPRO 04/101/046</p></td><td><p>3 January 2017</p></td><td><p>3 January 2019 Option to extend contract for a further 1 year +1 year period</p></td><td><p>£265k, £132.5k and £132.5k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/03/2017 17:39:04 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

506721

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department issues guidance to bus operators on air pollution control and leaving bus engines running idle while at a bus stand.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	32801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the potential hazards to health and the environment that pollutant emissions from motor vehicles can cause, including when vehicle engines are left idling. Whilst the Government has not issued specific guidance on the subject of idling by bus operators, under Regulation 98 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, as amended, it is an offence to cause emissions or noise by leaving a vehicle’s engine running unnecessarily whilst stationary on the road - other than when in traffic. Local authorities also have powers under the Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002 to issue fixed penalty notices for this offence.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to improving the UK’s air quality, reducing health impacts and fulfilling our legal obligations. Our air quality plan for nitrogen dioxide, published on 17 December 2015, sets out a comprehensive approach to meeting our ambition for the UK to have some of the cleanest air in the world, including by implementing a new programme of Clean Air Zones. Under the Plan, by 2020 the most polluting vehicles, including older polluting buses, will be discouraged from entering the centres of Birmingham, Leeds, Southampton, Nottingham and Derby. As part of the plan, London also has a well-developed strategy for improving air quality, including the implementation of an ultra-low emission zone by 2020 - which will cover a range of vehicles, also including buses.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/04/2016 11:02:49 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson