We welcome the successes achieved by the Nigerian armed forces against Boko Haram, pushing the group out of key towns in North East Nigeria. However, Boko Haram continues to present a serious threat to security in North East Nigeria and the wider region. We estimate that over 20,000 people have been killed by Boko Haram, over 2.4 million people displaced and over 17 million affected by the Boko Haram insurgency across the Lake Chad basin. In March 2015 Boko Haram pledged allegiance to Daesh, since then there has been a split between factions within Boko Haram.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4210", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-12-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-12-18T13:33:49.343Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "16"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-12-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "West Africa: Boko Haram"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the (1) strength of, (2) organisation of, (3) activities of, (4) external links of, and (5) threats posed by Boko Haram in West Africa.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2569", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Greaves"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Greaves"} ], "uin" : "HL3877"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/476478", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/476478/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The UK's road traffic legislation regulates the use of mechanically propelled vehicles, including connected and autonomous vehicles, on our roads. This would cover machinery, robotic or otherwise, used on a highway, if it is intended to be used as a vehicle on a road.<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4210", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-03-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-22T13:47:27.9Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-03-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Vehicles"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether, in relation to robotic machinery used on a highway, there is a legal distinction between ground-based robots and driverless cars, and if so, what is that distinction.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2569", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Greaves"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Greaves"} ], "uin" : "HL7054"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/476479", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/476479/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
(1) The fastest scheduled passenger train journeys today are as follows:<\/p>
(a) Leeds-Manchester Victoria 49 minutes;
Leeds-Manchester Piccadilly 51 minutes
(b) Sheffield-Manchester 51 minutes
(c) Liverpool-York 1 hour 54 minutes
(d) Liverpool-Hull 2 hours 57 minutes (no direct service; change at Leeds)
(e) Manchester Victoria-Liverpool 32 minutes;
Manchester Piccadilly-Liverpool 46 minutes
(f) Leeds-Hull 55 minutes<\/p>
<\/p>
(2) The fastest journey times following electrification and other improvement works will depend on the design of the various infrastructure elements of the network. The details of the designs will not be known until December 2017 at the earliest. Once the characteristics of the designs are known, it should be possible to estimate the effects on the journey times in question. Network Rail has been set the target of achieving 40 minutes Leeds\u2011Manchester by the end of 2022.<\/p>
<\/p>
(3) The report of the Northern Transport Strategy published on 7 March 2016, included the shared vision of Transport for the North and central government for future journey times:<\/p>
<\/p>
(a) Leeds-Manchester 30 minutes;
(b) Sheffield-Manchester 30 minutes<\/p>
(c) Liverpool-York 1 hour 15 minutes<\/p>
(d) Liverpool-Hull 1 hour 35 minutes<\/p>
(e) Manchester-Liverpool 20 minutes;<\/p>
(f) Leeds-Hull 45 minutes.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4210", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-03-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-22T13:29:52.807Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-03-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Railways: North of England"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what are, or are expected to be, the fastest scheduled passenger train times (1) now, (2) following the proposed electrification and other improvement works to existing trans-Pennine lines, and (3) following the construction of HS3, between (a) Leeds and Manchester, (b) Sheffield and Manchester, (c) Liverpool and York, (d) Liverpool and Hull, (e) Manchester and Liverpool, and (f) Leeds and Hull.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2569", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Greaves"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Greaves"} ], "uin" : "HL7055"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/476480", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/476480/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
It is for Lancashire and North Yorkshire County Councils, working with their Rail North and Transport for the North partners, to decide whether to progress consideration of this reinstatement as part of the Northern Transport Strategy. This consideration will be informed by the results of a recent study commissioned for the local campaign group, SELRAP, supported by a number of local authority partners, on the conditional outputs in improved local and regional connectivity that any reinstatement should seek to address.<\/p>
This Government has made significant funding available to Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities through both devolution and the growth deals. Over £2billion Local Growth Fund will be spent on local transport schemes in the North up to 2021. We expect that local areas in the North will continue to use these processes to promote their priority local transport schemes.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4210", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-03-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-22T13:47:50.187Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-03-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Colne-Skipton Railway Line"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether, as part of improvements to trans-Pennine railway capacity and services, they are considering the reinstatement of the railway line between Colne and Skipton.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2569", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Greaves"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Greaves"} ], "uin" : "HL7056"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/457920", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/457920/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
All vehicles, including connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), must be used in line with UK road traffic law. Failure to comply with UK law may well result in enforcement agencies taking action.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Pathway to driverless cars: a regulatory review<\/em>, published in February 2015, sets out how current laws apply to CAVs, and points to where the position is not clear and should be reviewed further. For example, chapter 13 deals with insurance, and Annex B looks at innovative personal transport.<\/p> <\/p> In addition, to secure the safe development and introduction of CAVs in the UK, the Pathway sets out a number of action points. The government is working on these, including having published the Code of Practice for testing automated vehicles<\/em> in July 2015, to ensure that British citizens and businesses will benefit from CAVs in the short and long term.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether any controls exist over the operation of unmanned ground vehicles (1) on highways, and (2) in other public spaces; whether controls exist over the use of such vehicles on pavements and other walkways, cycleways and bridleways; in the event of an accident or other event involving such a vehicle on a highway, who is responsible (a) for assessing responsibility, and (b) for paying any compensation that might be due; whether such vehicles must display information identifying the owner or controller; whether traffic police have any jurisdiction over such machines when being used on a highway; whether the police or other authorities have any powers to deal with such machines in the event of them causing a public nuisance; and whether insurance is required for the use of such machines.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government in their assessment of the need for new high speed rail services what weighting they are giving to improving passenger services between the north east and the south west of England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government to which body the ownership of the former railway line between Colne and the former Lancashire/West Riding of Yorkshire county boundary at County Brook transferred when BRB (Residuary) Ltd was abolished in 2013, and who now owns that line.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/445764", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what reasons there are for the recent and proposed closures to road traffic at Allen's West Level Crossing at Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, and what action they plan to take to minimise any future unplanned and planned closures.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what improvements will take place under the new Northern Rail franchise on the Blackpool South and Preston to Colne service, other than the replacement of the Pacer trains.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether it is a requirement of the new Northern Rail franchise that the Pacer trains that will be withdrawn from service in the North of England will be scrapped or whether they can be redeployed elsewhere.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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