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Commons Chamber
Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]
Committee of the whole House - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) authorities who should consider the recommendations made and their obligation under the Regulators’ Code - Speech Link
2: None bikes seem to be able to dump their bikes wherever it suits them in London, causing obstruction to the highway - Speech Link
3: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) alignment of visa status requirements with taxi and private hire licensing, English proficiency, and highway - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Automated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) What defeated the trial in Australia was the unpredictable nature of kangaroos crossing the highway, - Speech Link
2: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) As with the highway code, references to road safety already legally apply to all road users, including - Speech Link
3: None clear what a careful and competent driver is, that is set out in the Road Traffic Act 1988, in the highway - Speech Link
4: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) will be displaced or that there are issues around deployment; the police and other emergency services; highway - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
5G Masts: Greater Manchester - Wed 13 Mar 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) covers the powers given to telecommunication companies to instal infrastructure on and around a public highway - Speech Link
2: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) cabinets and poles, the House of Commons Library is clear:“The Government’s 2016 cabinet and pole siting code - Speech Link
3: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) shared or addressing the particular operators acting in a way that is certainly not the intention of the code - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Automated Vehicles Bill [Lords]
2nd reading - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) In 2015, our world-leading code of practice enabled self-driving vehicle trials in the UK. - Speech Link
2: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) legislation to be updated to account for autonomous vehicles and the implications on traffic laws and the highway - Speech Link
3: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) It would include trade union representation, emergency vehicles, disabled groups, manufacturers, highway - Speech Link
4: Bill Esterson (Lab - Sefton Central) also want to see people with disabilities, pedestrians, cyclists, businesses, emergency services and highway - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Pollution in Rivers and Regulation of Private Water Companies - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) Does my noble friend the Minister, whom I welcome to his place today, think it right that national highway - Speech Link
2: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) clear that National Highways is not responsible for pollution from roads, which are managed by local highway - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]
2nd reading - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) Operators must adhere to the highway code and not play blaring music at all hours of the day and night - Speech Link
2: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) and causing mammoth problems for pedestrians in London; and all sorts of other obstructions of the highway - Speech Link
3: Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) Friend knows, the use of e-scooters on the highway—other than in certain pilot sites—is illegal. - Speech Link
4: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) code and the code of practice? - Speech Link
5: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) but taking a passenger in a pedicab as a result of a hire agreement entered into not from a public highway - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Road Safety: North Yorkshire - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) Friend was in the Department for Transport, he instituted changes to the highway code and to the driving - Speech Link
2: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) There are certain key campaigns; changes to the highway code and driving tests are key, because we are - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Walking and Cycling: Government Support - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Trudy Harrison (Con - Copeland) The slightly older children would practise on a street scene, getting to grips with the highway code. - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (Con - Copeland) I am delighted with the highway code changes. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 08 Feb 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) Network North plan, the Government are providing a record funding increase of £8.3 billion for local highway - Speech Link
2: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) In January 2022, the Government updated the highway code to improve road safety for people walking, cycling - Speech Link
3: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) Look at the specific measures taken: we have toughened up the driving test, made the highway code more - Speech Link
4: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) On the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, introduced by my right hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Automated Vehicles Bill [HL]
Report stage - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Dillington (XB - Life peer) that it will not be impossible for someone with malicious intent to get hold of whatever device or code - Speech Link
2: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) boasting about his new automated vehicle, “If you sit in the back, let your vehicle drive the Bolivian highway - Speech Link
3: None propelled road vehicles designed to travel autonomously;(g) the police and other emergency services;(h) highway - Speech Link