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911196

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Weight Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's letter entitled Regulation of mobile concrete batching plant – decision on operating weight arrangements, published on 5 April 2018, what the evidential basis was for his Department's decision that there was no compelling case for amending regulations to permit mobile batching concrete plants (MCBPs) to continue to operate outside standard legal gross vehicle weight limits after the inclusion of MCBPs within statutory goods vehicle testing from 20 May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	147972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The inclusion of mobile concrete batching plant, alongside a number of other formerly-exempt vehicles types, in statutory goods vehicle testing from 20 May 2018 does not change the legal weight limits applicable to these vehicles.</p><p>The ‘special types’ rules, which permit certain vehicle types to operate outside the standard weight limits, are generally used to enable the carriage of equipment and indivisible loads which for engineering reasons cannot feasibly comply with the standard rules, and not because of economic or financial considerations. To apply these rules to divisible loads would represent a significant departure from precedent, could lead to demands for other vehicle types to be afforded similar treatment and would therefore require an exceptionally compelling case.</p><p>There is nothing to indicate that mobile batching plant, which carries a divisible load, cannot be feasibly operated within the standard legal weight limits.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/06/2018 14:21:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

911198

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Weight Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to conduct an assessment of the effect of not permitting mobile batching concrete plants to continue to operate outside standard legal gross vehicle weight limits on (a) the economy and (b) businesses.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	147973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not in general conduct impact assessments on the application of existing legal requirements, and has no plans to do so in this case.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/06/2018 14:24:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

911201

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Weight Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's letter entitled Regulation of mobile concrete batching plant – decision on operating weight arrangements, published on 5 April 2018, what assessment he has made of the effect on fair competition within the wet concrete market industry of the decisions contained within that letter.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	147974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The decision to establish a 10-year temporary arrangement enabling mobile concrete batching plant to operate in excess of standard weight limits will create a temporary regulatory discrepancy between different forms of delivery of wet concrete. Having listened carefully to the industry, the Government believes that this will provide time for mobile batching plant to come into compliance with the currently-applicable legal limits, which also apply to barrel concrete mixers.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of that temporary period, there will be common limits across different modes of concrete delivery, helping to facilitate fair competition. The Department is aware that there are different maximum legal payloads for different vehicle types, due to differing unladen weights.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/06/2018 14:27:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

910196

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to support World Car Free Day 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	147469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department supports the principles behind World Car Free Day, of encouraging an increase in cycling and walking for short journeys to reduce traffic congestion and emissions from road transport, as well as increasing health benefits from more active lifestyles. It is for cities and local authorities to determine if, and how, they choose to participate as part of World Car Free Day. The Government’s statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in April 2017, outlines £1.2 billion of funding that may be invested in cycling and walking in England over the period to 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/06/2018 09:49:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

910217

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Horses: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to allow owners to horses make a claim against drivers when that horse is injured or killed by a vehicle.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	147517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>A horse owner whose horse has been injured or killed by a vehicle following a road traffic collision is already able to claim against the responsible driver and the driver’s insurer.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/06/2018 14:50:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

910388

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of historic public investment in aerodromes in years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	147288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>The majority of airfields in the UK are privately run and owned. Like other business enterprises, potential investors and owners of new aerodromes can benefit from a range of measures that the Government has set in place to support businesses and promote growth, as well as support from regional and local government. Information on the amount of historic public investment in aerodromes is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 147289 question first answered 07/06/2018 14:04:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

910389

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department plans to make available for the provision of new aerodromes.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	147289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>The majority of airfields in the UK are privately run and owned. Like other business enterprises, potential investors and owners of new aerodromes can benefit from a range of measures that the Government has set in place to support businesses and promote growth, as well as support from regional and local government. Information on the amount of historic public investment in aerodromes is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 147288 question first answered 07/06/2018 14:04:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

909257

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the Government has made on the establishment of the Major Road Network.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Mr Simon Clarke
uin	905542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>Last December the Department launched a consultation on ‘Proposals for the creation of a Major Road Network’ which closed on 19th March.</p><p> </p><p>A formal consultation response will be published during summer 2018 prior to the expected launch of the Major Road Network (MRN) programme before the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/05/2018 10:09:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke

909297

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the expansion at Heathrow Airport on the (a) sustainability and (b) capacity of regional airports.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	146704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The revised draft Airports National Policy Statement on new runway capacity and infrastructure at airports in the South-East of England considers impacts of Heathrow expansion on airports across the UK. It finds that a North-West runway at Heathrow delivers the best connectivity for the UK as a whole, with regional airports expected to continue displaying strong passenger growth by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is one of the best connected countries in the world by air, with six airports handling more than five million passengers per annum, offering an intensive short-haul network and an increasing number of long-haul destinations. In addition almost 30 regional airports offer important direct connectivity to key business and leisure destinations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is developing a new, long-term Aviation Strategy to 2050 and beyond which aims to achieve a safe, secure and sustainable aviation sector that meets the needs of consumers and of a global, outward-looking Britain. A ‘Next Steps’ document published in April, stated that the Government will consider whether our nations and regions are suitably connected by either air or surface access transport to the rest of the UK and to key overseas markets.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 146706 146710 question first answered 25/05/2018 12:38:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

909298

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential restrictions that will be required on the expansion of regional airports in order to meet targets set in the Climate Change Act 2008 in the event that the expansion at Heathrow Airport takes place.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	146705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The Updated Appraisal Report, published alongside the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement in October 2017, sets out the carbon scenarios used by the Government to address uncertainties over the future policy treatment of international aviation emissions. It confirms that expansion via a Northwest Runway at Heathrow Airport can be delivered within the UK’s carbon obligations under the Climate Change Act 2008.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers that growth in the aviation sector, including at regional airports, is compatible with the UK's climate change obligations. Even in a scenario where aviation carbon emissions are capped to the Committee on Climate Change’s planning assumption of 37.5 MtCO2, the analysis showed that passenger numbers would continue to grow at regional airports. The Government will continue to develop policy relating to carbon emissions from aviation as part of the new Aviation Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/05/2018 12:40:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable