Road Freight and Logistics APPG

1: considered the proposal for the Hinckley national rail freight interchange in South Leicestershire.It is - Speech Link
2: he has yet to make his maiden speech. The rail freight interchange will have as much of an impact on his - Speech Link
3: there not be an environmental benefit in getting freight off roads and on to rail, and should a study be - Speech Link
4: is to reduce HGV traffic by moving freight off our principal road arteries and on to rail, but the concern - Speech Link
5: my constituency, however, is that if the rail freight hub went ahead, there would be more congestion - Speech Link
6: constituents—are concerned that the proposal will add to a road system that is frankly not equipped to take such - Speech Link

1: they have had with organisations representing the freight industry about arrangements to ensure that delays - Speech Link
2: regularly engages with stakeholders within the freight industry. The Cabinet Office’s border and protocol - Speech Link
3: the ports. I had a call with a huge number of freight representatives yesterday, and we talked about - Speech Link
4: promised. Does the Minister accept the assessment of Logistics UK that the current delays could last for months - Speech Link
5: this moment we are facing not only post-Covid freight movements but pre-holiday stock building, end of - Speech Link
6: Gateway, which together represent 70% of container freight coming into the UK? What is their estimate of the - Speech Link

1: am today publishing the Government’s new rail freight strategy, which has been developed in collaboration - Speech Link

1: infrastructure for proposed development of large logistics parks.It is a pleasure to serve under your - Speech Link
2: constituency, Cannock Chase, is home to several large logistics parks, largely because of the constituency’s proximity - Speech Link

1: now read a Second time.The United Kingdom’s road haulage sector plays a major role in keeping our - Speech Link
2: Permits are a feature of almost all international road freight agreements outside free-trade areas. The UK - Speech Link
3: me touch briefly on the 1968 Vienna convention on road traffic, which the UK signed 50 years ago and which - Speech Link
4: Great Britain and Northern Ireland respectively. Road haulage policy and trailer registration are devolved - Speech Link
5: outlined, we are committed to ensuring that the road haulage industry can continue to prosper as we leave - Speech Link

1: were discussed at a meeting of the Kent Strategic Freight Group on 2 December, chaired by the County Council - Speech Link

1: I do not have to hand the figures for Manchester Road station in Burnley, which is on that link. It is - Speech Link
2: that line upgraded to a twin-track railway for freight—I think it is gauge 12, although I will stand corrected - Speech Link
3: engineers.I will return briefly to mention that freight and manufacturing is a crucial issue. This is a - Speech Link

1: Government have been working closely with the logistics industry over a number of years to understand - Speech Link

1: staff, no premises and no port agreements; and the Road Haulage Association estimates that new documentation - Speech Link
2: route and to ensure that both local traffic and freight can continue to flow. Of course, we will continue - Speech Link
3: foolish indeed not to test and exercise a novel logistics system? Were sufficient vehicles available to - Speech Link
4: discussions with Thanet District Council and Seaborne Freight to agree funding on the arrangements for the infrastructure - Speech Link

1: lay-bys, sometimes jutting precariously out into the road. There is a danger to the police officers who risk - Speech Link
2: Everyone we speak to, including the Road Haulage Association, the Freight Transport Association, Highways - Speech Link
3: lorry traffic and much of its economy is based on logistics. The Department for Transport focuses heavily - Speech Link
4: hon. Friend for making the point that investing in road infrastructure, as we are doing in this country - Speech Link