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Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage - Thu 18 May 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Etherton (CB - Life peer) authority to apply the infrastructure levy in funding“the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance - Speech Link
2: None existing drafting of the Bill makes it clear that the levy can be used for the improvement, operation and maintenance - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scott of Needham Market (LDEM - Life peer) That is important because, in highway law, when something has once been a highway, it will always be - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Motorways: Litter - Tue 25 Apr 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Jack Brereton (CON - Stoke-on-Trent South) We have seen major problems with litter and poor maintenance on this road network, and there are concerns - Speech Link
2: Jack Brereton (CON - Stoke-on-Trent South) However, they simply cannot do that on many highway locations, where safety is a serious concern and - Speech Link
3: Jack Brereton (CON - Stoke-on-Trent South) does not happen at all and we see the continued build-up of vast quantities of litter on much of the highway - Speech Link
4: Richard Holden (CON - North West Durham) Friend will know, the Government still own a significant number of service stations on the national highway - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 20 Apr 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Richard Holden (CON - North West Durham) The Government are investing more than £5 billion between 2020 and 2025 in highways maintenance. - Speech Link
2: Richard Holden (CON - North West Durham) I was delighted to see that Northern Ireland is still investing in our highway infrastructure, unlike - Speech Link
3: Richard Holden (CON - North West Durham) The Department encourages good practice in highway maintenance through our “Well-managed Highway Infrastructure - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage - Thu 20 Apr 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None 108 of the Transport Act 2000;(c) a “rights of way improvement plan” is a plan published by a local highway - Speech Link
2: Lord Best (CB - Life peer) The extra rent would not go towards management and maintenance of council housing but instead would be - Speech Link
3: Earl of Lytton (CB - Excepted Hereditary) It has now almost become the norm for common periodic maintenance and repair to be caught by a demand - Speech Link
4: None There is no VAT on demolition, but there is 20% VAT on repair and maintenance. It makes no sense. - Speech Link
5: Earl of Lytton (CB - Excepted Hereditary) But it is the price of democracy, and the price of the maintenance of the rule of law and the continuation - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Public Transport in Towns and Cities - Mon 17 Apr 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) billion-worth of funding in the third round of the levelling-up fund as well as additional funding for highways maintenance - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Budget Statement - Thu 16 Mar 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Bridges of Headley (CON - Life peer) Worst of all, far from taking the highway to prosperity, we risk going down a cul-de-sac to weak growth - Speech Link
2: Lord O'Neill of Gatley (CB - Life peer) , if aimed correctly, would boost future growth—and the Government’s persistent focus on current or maintenance - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Public Order Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments - Tue 14 Mar 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None their day-to-day activities (including in particular the making of a journey), (ii) construction or maintenance - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) These are the offences in this Bill and the offences of obstructing the highway and public nuisance. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Mon 13 Mar 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Earl Howe (CON - Excepted Hereditary) network is to enable the mayor to direct local councils in how they should use their powers as the highway - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pavement Parking - Mon 13 Mar 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Afzal Khan (LAB - Manchester, Gorton) (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 make it clear that causing “unnecessary obstruction” of the highway - Speech Link
2: Richard Holden (CON - North West Durham) Maintenance is also a burden for local authorities and local taxpayers.It also needs to be recognised - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Decarbonising Rural Transport - Tue 07 Mar 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) They are also up 194% in Highland, marrying up with the A9 electric highway, which links the highlands - Speech Link
2: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) on streets in England, which specifically covered rural streets, to seek views on how street design, maintenance - Speech Link