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1689908

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Legal Profession: Accountability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she is taking steps to encourage the legal sector to engage in corporate social responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	14469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General and I are champions of pro bono legal work in Government. Pro bono publico is undertaken for the public good and supports corporate social responsibility. As Solicitor General, I chair the Attorney General’s Pro Bono Committee, which meets twice annually and brings together professional representative bodies, and those from the public and the private sectors to share ideas and encourage greater cross-sector collaboration.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 23/02/2024 13:45:27 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472902

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Inland Waterways: Freight
	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 increase the use of waterways for freight transportation.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	23709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>To increase the use of freight on our waterways the Government provides revenue support through our Mode Shift Revenue Support and Waterborne Freight grants. We have committed £20 million per year to 2024/25 to support rail and water freight services on routes where they deliver environmental benefits over road haulage but are more expensive to operate.</p><p>The cross-modal and long-term Future of Freight plan, published on 15 June, sets out the Government’s objectives for a freight and logistics sector that is efficient, reliable, resilient and sustainable. The plan explicitly supports mode shift of freight from road to rail, inland waterways, coastal shipping and new innovative modes such as e-cargo bikes. The plan also sets out how government will raise the status of freight within the planning system, will develop with industry a £7 million Freight Innovation Fund and will undertake work to develop a National Freight Network. This work will support, and provide opportunities to increase the use of, waterways for freight.</p><p>Upgrades of the waterways network in the UK are the responsibility of the Canal and River Trust (CRT), which is sponsored by Defra. The Department for Transport continues to work with Defra officials and the CRT to ensure that freight is considered in the operation, maintenance and enhancement of the UK’s waterways.</p><p>There are a wide range of navigation authorities that manage inland waterways. These are either independent self-financing bodies such as port authorities or are funded by other branches of government such as Defra.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 23710 23711 23712 question first answered 29/06/2022 14:56:03 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472903

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Inland Waterways: Freight
	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 increase the use of water freight.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	23710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>To increase the use of freight on our waterways the Government provides revenue support through our Mode Shift Revenue Support and Waterborne Freight grants. We have committed £20 million per year to 2024/25 to support rail and water freight services on routes where they deliver environmental benefits over road haulage but are more expensive to operate.</p><p>The cross-modal and long-term Future of Freight plan, published on 15 June, sets out the Government’s objectives for a freight and logistics sector that is efficient, reliable, resilient and sustainable. The plan explicitly supports mode shift of freight from road to rail, inland waterways, coastal shipping and new innovative modes such as e-cargo bikes. The plan also sets out how government will raise the status of freight within the planning system, will develop with industry a £7 million Freight Innovation Fund and will undertake work to develop a National Freight Network. This work will support, and provide opportunities to increase the use of, waterways for freight.</p><p>Upgrades of the waterways network in the UK are the responsibility of the Canal and River Trust (CRT), which is sponsored by Defra. The Department for Transport continues to work with Defra officials and the CRT to ensure that freight is considered in the operation, maintenance and enhancement of the UK’s waterways.</p><p>There are a wide range of navigation authorities that manage inland waterways. These are either independent self-financing bodies such as port authorities or are funded by other branches of government such as Defra.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 23709 23711 23712 question first answered 29/06/2022 14:56:03 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472904

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Inland Waterways: Finance
	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 commit to upgrading waterways by allocating adequate funding for navigation authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	23711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>To increase the use of freight on our waterways the Government provides revenue support through our Mode Shift Revenue Support and Waterborne Freight grants. We have committed £20 million per year to 2024/25 to support rail and water freight services on routes where they deliver environmental benefits over road haulage but are more expensive to operate.</p><p>The cross-modal and long-term Future of Freight plan, published on 15 June, sets out the Government’s objectives for a freight and logistics sector that is efficient, reliable, resilient and sustainable. The plan explicitly supports mode shift of freight from road to rail, inland waterways, coastal shipping and new innovative modes such as e-cargo bikes. The plan also sets out how government will raise the status of freight within the planning system, will develop with industry a £7 million Freight Innovation Fund and will undertake work to develop a National Freight Network. This work will support, and provide opportunities to increase the use of, waterways for freight.</p><p>Upgrades of the waterways network in the UK are the responsibility of the Canal and River Trust (CRT), which is sponsored by Defra. The Department for Transport continues to work with Defra officials and the CRT to ensure that freight is considered in the operation, maintenance and enhancement of the UK’s waterways.</p><p>There are a wide range of navigation authorities that manage inland waterways. These are either independent self-financing bodies such as port authorities or are funded by other branches of government such as Defra.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 23709 23710 23712 question first answered 29/06/2022 14:56:03 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472905

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Inland Waterways: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to upgrade existing waterways so that they can take larger cargos.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	23712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>To increase the use of freight on our waterways the Government provides revenue support through our Mode Shift Revenue Support and Waterborne Freight grants. We have committed £20 million per year to 2024/25 to support rail and water freight services on routes where they deliver environmental benefits over road haulage but are more expensive to operate.</p><p>The cross-modal and long-term Future of Freight plan, published on 15 June, sets out the Government’s objectives for a freight and logistics sector that is efficient, reliable, resilient and sustainable. The plan explicitly supports mode shift of freight from road to rail, inland waterways, coastal shipping and new innovative modes such as e-cargo bikes. The plan also sets out how government will raise the status of freight within the planning system, will develop with industry a £7 million Freight Innovation Fund and will undertake work to develop a National Freight Network. This work will support, and provide opportunities to increase the use of, waterways for freight.</p><p>Upgrades of the waterways network in the UK are the responsibility of the Canal and River Trust (CRT), which is sponsored by Defra. The Department for Transport continues to work with Defra officials and the CRT to ensure that freight is considered in the operation, maintenance and enhancement of the UK’s waterways.</p><p>There are a wide range of navigation authorities that manage inland waterways. These are either independent self-financing bodies such as port authorities or are funded by other branches of government such as Defra.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 23709 23710 23711 question first answered 29/06/2022 14:56:04 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1404426

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aircraft: Equipment
	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 ensure that pitot tubes and other pressure sensitive instruments in aviation are of the highest quality to ensure passenger safety.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	107471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The design of pressure sensitive systems is required to meet specified standards set out in legislation. The system hardware and its operation are furthermore frequently inspected and tested by approved maintenance organisations as part of detailed aircraft’s maintenance programme.</p><p>Aircraft operators and maintenance organisations are also required to ensure that the systems are compliant with the criteria set by the original equipment manufacturer to ensure high level of safety and confidence in equipment.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 25/01/2022 12:19:52 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1404427

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aircraft: Equipment
	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 aviation leaders on ensuring that pitot tubes and other pressure sensitive instruments are of the highest quality across the sector to ensure the safety of passengers and crew.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	107472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport remains in close contact with the industry through various means, for example, a regular aviation safety industry forum. This forum allows industry to raise pressing safety matters directly.</p><p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in its role as the UK regulator has provided guidance to aircraft operators and maintenance organisations to highlight the potential for pitot tubes to become blocked, particularly as airlines return to service aircraft that have been in storage or limited use during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 25/01/2022 12:23:05 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1404428

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aircraft: Equipment
	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 prevent failures of pitot-static systems within the aviation sector.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	107473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>Pitot static systems provide data on an aircraft’s airspeed and altitude to flight control systems and cockpit instruments. On rare occasions these systems can become blocked by ice or foreign objects, particularly after an aircraft has been inactive for an extended period. However, commercial aircraft typically have dual or triple independent systems to provide back-ups.</p><p>An aircraft’s flight crew conducts a visual inspection of the pitot system before each flight and these systems are frequently inspected as part of an aircraft’s regular maintenance programme. Pilots are also thoroughly trained to recognise discrepancies in the information provided by these systems, and on what action to take if it occurs. The Department for Transport’s current assessment is that these measures, if undertaken correctly, are sufficient to mitigate the risk posed by blockages.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 25/01/2022 12:16:51 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1364446

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to reduce carbon emissions from the aviation industry.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	65379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government has recently consulted on its proposed approach to reach net zero aviation – or Jet Zero - by 2050. The responses are now being analysed to inform our final Jet Zero Strategy which we aim to publish early in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This consultation proposes principles and policies to reach net zero aviation by:</p><p>o improving the efficiency of the UK’s current aviation system</p><p>o accelerating the development and deployment of sustainable aviation fuels</p><p>o supporting the development of zero-emission flight</p><p>o ensuring we use markets to drive down emissions in the most cost -effective way</p><p> </p><p>To help achieve our ambitions, in July 2020, we established the Jet Zero Council to drive the delivery of new technologies and innovative ways to cut aviation emissions. Its aim is to deliver zero emission transatlantic flight within a generation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Net Zero Strategy published on 19 October confirms our commitment to Jet Zero, kick-starting commercialisation of UK sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) with £180 million funding for SAF demonstration plants, a key step to delivering our ambition for 10% of aviation fuels to be SAF by 2030.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 04/11/2021 11:17:33 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1305177

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aircraft: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the change in the level of use of private planes during the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	174021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>Throughout 2020, monthly private flight movements have been lower than in the equivalent month of 2019 (except for September 2020).</p><p>The international travel regulations apply to all individuals and operators, including those that use private planes. As such, they are subject to the same requirements and enforcement, including by the Border Force and Civil Aviation Authority.</p><p>My Department has provided specific communications to the GA community on Covid-19 guidance and regulations, including through regular stakeholder meetings.</p><p>We have also worked closely with the CAA to collaborate on workshops, podcasts, specific publications and updates to help facilitate a safe return to flying.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 174022 question first answered 13/04/2021 16:22:03 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman