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Commons Chamber
Levelling Up Rural Britain - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Miriam Cates (CON - Penistone and Stocksbridge) are left stranded at bus stops, the young arrive late for school and workers are forced to pay for taxis - Speech Link
2: Neil Hudson (CON - Penrith and The Border) Cumbrian and British farmers, who are the best in the world and farm to the highest animal welfare standards - Speech Link
3: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and North Perthshire) In fact, it is levelling down—a razing to the ground of the living standards of everybody across this - Speech Link
4: Lee Rowley (CON - North East Derbyshire) Within that paper, for rural communities and for others, we have committed by 2030 to improve living standards - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Nature and Climate Declaration - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Margaret Greenwood (LAB - Wirral West) new jobs in towns and cities in every corner of the country and bring down energy bills, raise living standards - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) money being spent on electric vehicles has been reduced; the focus has changed to ensure support for taxis - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment - Thu 21 Jul 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Martin Vickers (CON - Cleethorpes) at the major interchange in Doncaster, there are no TransPennine Express staff to direct people to taxis - Speech Link
2: Aaron Bell (CON - Newcastle-under-Lyme) want to cover four particular points: the debate itself; the tone in which we speak to each other; standards - Speech Link
3: David Johnston (CON - Wantage) thing I hope we might do with that Bill is require new houses to be built to the latest environmental standards - Speech Link
4: Jessica Morden (LAB - Newport East) Home Office said that it needs a recovery plan to support its hotline to return to acceptable service standards - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Zero-emission Buses - Tue 05 Jul 2022
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Robert Goodwill (CON - Scarborough and Whitby) Some of those buses—and, indeed, taxis—were displaced from London as the clean-air technology came in - Speech Link
2: John McNally (SNP - Falkirk) which supports local supply chains, ADL is leading the charge for Scotland plc, setting the highest standards - Speech Link
3: Andrew Jones (CON - Harrogate and Knaresborough) A Euro 6 bus that enters service now is probably replacing a bus from Euro 4 standards, but a Euro 6 - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 30 Jun 2022
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (CON - Welwyn Hatfield) We still have the grant for vans, for taxis and for other vehicles. - Speech Link
2: Margaret Ferrier (IND - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) Vehicle standards remain a reserved issue, so any changes legislated for by the UK Government will impact - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Equality Act 2010: The Impact on Disabled People: Follow-Up Report (Liaison Committee Report) - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Deech (CB - Life peer) The new Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Act, passed in May, is not relevant - Speech Link
2: Baroness Stedman-Scott (CON - Life peer) wait to see the full impact of recent planning policy changes on the use of the optional technical standards - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 19 May 2022
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) It has meant that people have to travel in taxis and cars, which is much more expensive, so it is a disaster - Speech Link
2: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) lifelong campaigners for road safety are extremely worried that in future our Government will accept lower standards - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Tue 17 May 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Stedman-Scott (CON - Life peer) The reforms to education will spread opportunities and level up standards, ensuring that everyone can - Speech Link
2: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (LAB - Life peer) We should not settle for less than world-class standards of teaching. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Brinton (LDEM - Life peer) reminded us that when the Disability Discrimination Bill of 1995 was in Committee, the Minister said that“taxis - Speech Link
4: Lord Storey (LDEM - Life peer) for academies, yet remarkably manage not to specify what these standards will be. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Barran (CON - Life peer) Disadvantaged students are still less likely to achieve the standards we expect for them. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Wed 11 May 2022
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) possible only through comprehensive legislation, which will enable the Government to set new safety standards - Speech Link
2: Lord Borwick (CON - Excepted Hereditary) I have been told that the policy is unchanged and that taxis will eventually be accessible—but when? - Speech Link
3: Lord Haselhurst (CON - Life peer) Promises have been made that could not be fulfilled, and standards have been set and then compromised - Speech Link
4: Viscount Waverley (CB - Excepted Hereditary) The number of spaces must be increased, alongside improved security and standards for lorry parking at - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Public Transport Authority for South Yorkshire - Wed 27 Apr 2022
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) South Yorkshire must integrate buses, the Sheffield super tram, local trains, principal road routes, taxis - Speech Link
2: Sarah Champion (LAB - Rotherham) passenger transport executive, we have a body that has neither the funding nor the power to drive up standards - Speech Link
3: Gill Furniss (LAB - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) Passengers are therefore forced to take cars and taxis, modes of transport that are more expensive and - Speech Link