This work is part of a £1.5 billion investment to upgrade the A14 in Cambridgeshire and widen the A1 to three lanes between Brampton and Alconbury.<\/p>
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The narrow lanes are in place to allow for preparatory works to be carried out close to the existing carriageway and allow for traffic to be put into contraflow safely as required.<\/p>
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The speed restriction is necessary to create a safe working environment for construction teams and protect road users as they travel through the works. There is also a requirement to aid recovery operations in this area, which requires the 40mph speed limit to do so safely for everyone.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-27T11:56:05.603Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-11-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "A1 (M): Speed Limits"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons there is a 40 mph temporary speed limit on the A1M north and south of the junction with the A14; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1200", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Greg Knight"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Yorkshire"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Greg Knight"} ], "uin" : "114957"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/790056", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/790056/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum<\/em>) is an invasive non-native species with established populations in the UK. It is an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to plant or otherwise cause giant hogweed to grow in the wild.<\/p> <\/p> Giant hogweed was added as a species of Union concern under the EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation in August 2017. Species of Union concern cannot be imported, kept, bred, transported, sold, used or exchanged, allowed to reproduce, grown or cultivated, or released into the environment. Under the Regulation, Member States are required to set out measures to manage species of Union concern that are widespread in their territory within 18 months of listing. The government will be consulting on management plans for giant hogweed and other species of Union concern that are widespread in the UK.<\/p> <\/p> Community protection notices made under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 are also being used by local authorities and the Police to tackle the impact to their communities of invasive non-native species including giant hogweed. The Home Office guidance on using community protection notices to tackle invasive non-native plants can be found at:<\/p> www.nonnativespecies.org//downloadDocument.cfm?id=1176<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> Local Action Groups, with support from Government, are actively involved in reducing and eradicating giant hogweed. A new EU co-funded project, totalling \u20ac1.1 million, will develop a regional approach to tackling invasive non-native species, supporting Local Action Groups in a co-ordinated approach.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/790057/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The effectiveness of the Act is assessed annually by recording details of complaints and enforcement cases. Research undertaken for Defra in 2014 concluded that ragwort is not becoming more widespread.<\/p> <\/p> The Weeds Act 1959 gives us the power to arrange for the clearance of the plant and to recover the cost from the land occupier. Natural England (the delegated authority for investigating complaints about injurious weeds) engages with inspectors from the Rural Payments Agency to investigate formal complaints raised to them, and enforce weed clearance where the landowner has not taken adequate action to control ragwort.<\/p> <\/p> Enforcement is a last resort and where possible we encourage communications between landowners and complainants to try and resolve the issue. In the vast majority of cases, this approach is successful. All complaints so far have been resolved without requiring prosecution, either voluntarily by the landowner or after an enforcement order has been made.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/790058/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Japanese knotweed was first introduced into the UK in the early 19th century and is now widespread here and throughout most of Europe. It is not considered feasible to eradicate Japanese knotweed entirely from the UK but, with persistence, isolated populations can be eradicated. It is an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to plant or otherwise cause Japanese knotweed to grow in the wild.<\/p> <\/p> Defra continues to fund a biocontrol programme through the release of a psyllid insect to tackle Japanese knotweed. If successful, the psyllid will not eradicate Japanese knotweed but should in time reduce its invasive capacity as well as the effort and cost of managing it. This year, around 120,000 psyllids will be released at 16 sites in England and Wales using new methods designed to improve the likelihood that the psyllid will establish in the wild.<\/p> <\/p> Local Action Groups, with support from government, are actively involved in reducing and eradicating Japanese knotweed. For example, the New Forest Non-Native Plants Project and the Medway Valley Countryside Partnership have controlled Japanese knotweed on 49 separate sites this year. A new EU co-funded project, totalling \u20ac1.1 million, will develop a regional approach to tackling invasive non-native species, supporting Local Action Groups in a co-ordinated approach.<\/p> <\/p> Natural England and the Environment Agency also undertake action nationally to remove Japanese knotweed where it is affecting protected sites, water quality or adds to the risk of flooding.<\/p> <\/p> Community protection notices made under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 are also being used by local authorities and the Police to tackle the impact to their communities of invasive non-native species including Japanese knotweed. The Home Office guidance on using community protection notices to tackle invasive non-native plants can be found at:<\/p> www.nonnativespecies.org//downloadDocument.cfm?id=1176<\/a><\/p>"}
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