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1139073

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Litter
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a litter cleaning key performance indicator has been developed for inclusion in the next Road Investment Strategy for Highways England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL17158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Performance Framework for the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) covering the period 2020-21 to 2024-25 is being finalised.</p><p> </p><p>In Draft Road Investment Strategy 2 - Government objectives published in October 2018, the Department recognised the contribution the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan (A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment) will make to framing the final RIS. The Plan seeks to improve the management of litter as part of a wider goal to make positive environmental enhancements from the investment we make.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/07/2019 12:03:11 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1038910

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which new freight transport routes across the English Channel between the UK and the EU are being considered as part of the contingency planning for a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL12747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The routes agreed for increased freight capacity with DFDS and with Brittany Ferries will run from the Ports of Immingham and Felixstowe (DFDS) and Poole, Plymouth and Portsmouth (Brittany) to destinations in Germany (Cuxhaven), the Netherlands (Vlaardingen) and France (Caen, Cherbourg, Le Havre, and Roscoff). The route agreed with Seaborne Freight is between Ramsgate and Ostend in Belgium.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 23/01/2019 15:31:53 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1038913

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Litter
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which organisation has responsibility for clearing litter from motorways and trunk roads; and whether they also have powers to issue civil penalties to the owner of a vehicle from which litter is seen to be thrown.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL12750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Highways England are responsible for cleaning litter on motorways and a small number of A roads. Local Authorities are responsible for clearing litter on all other A roads and All Purpose Trunk Roads.</p><p> </p><p>District councils in England (outside London) have powers to issue civil penalties to the keepers of vehicles from which litter is thrown onto their roads. All local authorities can also prosecute or issue fixed penalties in lieu of prosecution for littering offences on any road within their area, including motorways. Highways England do not have any enforcement powers in respect of littering offences on the roads from which they are responsible for clearing litter.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 23/01/2019 15:23:14 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

934485

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will release the Department for Transport’s "Road to Zero" strategy, which was due to be published in March 2018.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL9166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government published the &quot;Road to Zero&quot; strategy on 9th July. The full document is available in the Libraries of both Houses and can also be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-emissions-from-road-transport-road-to-zero-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-emissions-from-road-transport-road-to-zero-strategy</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/07/2018 13:21:25 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

895044

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many trees they estimate will be felled during the programme to clear vegetation alongside railway lines; and what plans are in place to plant new trees on Network Rail land.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL7409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>Network Rail is the fourth largest land owner in the United Kingdom, and in the past four years has made significant progress in the way it manages vegetation growing alongside train tracks.</p><p> </p><p>Following discussions with Mark Carne, Chief Executive of Network Rail, about their approach to vegetation management, and the Tree Council and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Government has commissioned a review into Network Rail’s vegetation management. While it is clear that Network Rail wants to get this right, and there is a ‘gold standard’ of vegetation management on some lines, it is concerning that tree management is carried out during the nesting season, when it can have the greatest effect on wildlife.</p><p> </p><p>The review will report to the Rail Minister in summer this year. In the meantime, Network Rail have been asked to suspend all felling during the current nesting reason, except where it is safety critical.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg grouped question UIN HL7410 question first answered 15/05/2018 11:25:04 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

895045

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps for the protection of nesting birds, as set out in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, are being taken during Network Rail’s clearance of trackside vegetation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL7410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>Network Rail is the fourth largest land owner in the United Kingdom, and in the past four years has made significant progress in the way it manages vegetation growing alongside train tracks.</p><p> </p><p>Following discussions with Mark Carne, Chief Executive of Network Rail, about their approach to vegetation management, and the Tree Council and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Government has commissioned a review into Network Rail’s vegetation management. While it is clear that Network Rail wants to get this right, and there is a ‘gold standard’ of vegetation management on some lines, it is concerning that tree management is carried out during the nesting season, when it can have the greatest effect on wildlife.</p><p> </p><p>The review will report to the Rail Minister in summer this year. In the meantime, Network Rail have been asked to suspend all felling during the current nesting reason, except where it is safety critical.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg grouped question UIN HL7409 question first answered 15/05/2018 11:25:04 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

860847

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Brighton
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will reconsider the rejection of a grant application to deliver buses with lower emissions in Brighton and Hove, given that City Council’s evidence of high concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and airborne fine particles in the city centre.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL6246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government recently announced the allocation of £40m from the Clean Bus Technology Fund and does not plan to reconsider that decision. As the volume of bids received exceeded the available budget we had to prioritise those projects expected to make the greatest contribution to bringing local NO2 concentrations within statutory limits within the shortest possible time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 26/03/2018 10:41:03 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

767323

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Ombudsman
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with the Civil Aviation Authority to ensure that air travellers have access to an independent ombudsman service able to provide quality dispute resolution in the light of the Ryanair and Monarch service failures.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL1741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Ryanair has an arrangement in place with an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) body which means that all of its passengers have access to a high standard of dispute resolution, similar to an ombudsman, for consumer disputes.</p><p> </p><p>Most airlines have contracts with ADR bodies and over 70% of UK passengers are now covered. The Government discusses progress on the provision of ADR regularly with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and we will also be considering consumer issues in the sector as part of the development of a new Aviation Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>As Monarch are no longer an operating company, dispute resolution is not an appropriate means for passengers to seek redress. The Government is committed to supporting those affected by the insolvency of Monarch Airlines. Further information can be found at the dedicated CAA microsite <a href="https://monarch.caa.co.uk" target="_blank">https://monarch.caa.co.uk</a>, and helpline on 0300 303 2800 (UK), or +44 1753 330 330 (from overseas).</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 17/10/2017 12:46:52 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

767324

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Consumer Dispute Resolution
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 capacity of Consumer Dispute Resolution Ltd to provide effective and appropriate dispute resolution for air travellers during periods of high service disruption.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL1742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Consumer Dispute Resolution Ltd (CDRL) has been approved by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to provide an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) service for complaints against airlines or airports.</p><p> </p><p>The purpose of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is to provide effective redress for consumers after events such as a cancellation or a long delay to a flight. In order to escalate a complaint against an airline or airport through ADR, both of the UK ADR schemes approved by the CAA require the consumer to have already complained to the airport or airline directly in writing and either received a final written response or to have given the airline or airport at least eight weeks to respond to the dispute. CDRL’s scheme rules include a commitment to reach a determination within 60 working days of receiving the complete complaint file.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA has not made any assessment of CDRL's capacity to provide effective and appropriate dispute resolution for air travellers during periods of high service disruption. ADR bodies do not have a role in assisting travellers during disruption and an ADR body would not be expected to intervene during a disruption event, for example, as the CAA did recently following the mass cancellation of flights by Ryanair.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 17/10/2017 12:47:57 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

517017

registered interest
date	03/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve the measurement of diesel emissions from cars in the light of evidence that nitrogen oxide emissions in real time road trials are up to 12 times higher than in laboratory tests.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL8172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government has been at the forefront of action at European level to introduce Real Driving Emissions (RDE) testing for new cars. The RDE test will be conducted on public roads and will require manufacturers to ensure new diesel (and petrol) cars control nitrogen oxide emissions to below 2.1 times the laboratory test limit from 2017. From 2020 the requirement will be tightened so they must be at or below the laboratory limit (with a margin for measurement uncertainty).</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/05/2016 11:25:59 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch