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386937

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date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote automotive manufacturing in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Through the long-term economic plan the Government is creating the right business environment for automotive manufacturers to prosper by removing barriers to productivity and growth. We will do this through de-regulation, by promoting fair competition and by simplifying the business support landscape. We will work closely with the automotive sector, in particular through the Automotive Council, to understand its needs and what more the Government can do to help retain its competitive position within the global market.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/07/2015 14:57:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

386938

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote the export of automotive products; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Our Trade Advisers work with companies across the UK to provide step by step advice and guidance on automotive exports. Last year we supported £421m worth of automotive exports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/07/2015 16:56:17 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

387107

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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, if his Department will conduct a further review into the capacity of the road network in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Infrastructure Act 2015 commits the government to regularly reviewing the needs of England’s strategic road network, and also to create regular Road Investment Strategies that take the findings of these reviews into account.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I expect to make a statement later in the year about the process for developing the next Road Investment Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/07/2015 14:07:07 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

387108

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driverless Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the development of connected and autonomous vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises the strong science and engineering capability of the United Kingdom and has committed to encourage development of autonomous and connected vehicles in our country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The &quot;Pathway to Driverless Car&quot; report, published by the Department for Transport in February 2015, reviews the current legal position and sets out necessary steps to ensure laws are appropriate to accommodate the use of autonomous vehicles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This report will help facilitate a 3-year trial of driverless car technology being undertaken in Bristol, Coventry, Milton Keynes and Greenwich. The Department for Transport, together with the Department for Business Innovation and Skills and Her Majesty’s Treasury are providing £19m to support this activity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport believes that these technologies have the potential to deliver benefits for the UK automotive sector and society as a whole, and we have an ambition to make the UK a world leader for autonomous vehicle research, development, demonstration, and deployment.</p><p> </p><p>Working with Department for Business Innovation and Skills, we will be looking at how to realise this ambition and consider all possible routes for promoting technological developments and uptake.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/07/2015 14:16:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

387112

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the uptake and production of ultra-low emission vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>This government is aiming is for almost every car and van to be a zero emission vehicle by 2050, and we pledged in our manifesto to invest £500 million over the next five years to achieve this objective. We will target this funding to support the purchase of ultra low emission cars, vans, taxis, buses, and other vehicles; supporting recharging infrastructure and gas and hydrogen refuelling stations; and substantial support for research and development into supporting technologies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/07/2015 12:26:49 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham