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Public Bill Committees
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) It is not just the differential in costs between electric and diesel; there are reduced maintenance costs - Speech Link
2: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield and Rothwell) from the police.We recognise concerns about the lack of data collection for areas off the public highway - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Gravesham: River Crossings - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lauren Sullivan (Lab - Gravesham) However, Gravesham borough council is not a local highway authority, so it has neither the status nor - Speech Link
2: Mike Kane (Lab - Wythenshawe and Sale East) priorities, with capital funding to support local bus services, improvements to active travel and the maintenance - Speech Link
3: Mike Kane (Lab - Wythenshawe and Sale East) 2025-26, the Department has allocated Kent county council nearly £40 million to support its local highway - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: None any guidance issued by the Secretary of State to include the location, design, construction and maintenance - Speech Link
2: Joe Robertson (Con - Isle of Wight East) As ever when it comes to sharing the highway, pavements, and areas in and around bus stops, everything - Speech Link
3: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield and Rothwell) Secretary of State to publish statutory guidance covering the location, design, construction and maintenance - Speech Link
4: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield and Rothwell) I have explained that statutory guidance can cover the location, design, construction and maintenance - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2nd reading - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con - Life peer) It is cheap and requires zero maintenance and expertise.I strongly encourage the Government to look again - Speech Link
2: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) economy.Among the key reforms proposed are amendments to the Highways Act 1980, which will grant local highway - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Report stage - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Most people do not check up on the highway code or the law; they just get on and use them. - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith and Chiswick) authority power to direct unauthorised campers to leave land, addressing obstructions to the public highway - Speech Link
3: Ben Maguire (LD - North Cornwall) As a result of cracks at Bears Down reservoir due to South West Water’s lack of maintenance, many had - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Transport Infrastructure: Cramlington and Killingworth - Tue 17 Jun 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Emma Foody (LAB - Cramlington and Killingworth) economic growth, in line with national policy, cannot be delivered without investment into this critical highway - Speech Link
2: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) review, we outlined our commitment to the protection of vital public transport services and the maintenance - Speech Link
3: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) Already this year, the north-east has been provided with an extra £22 million for local roads maintenance - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Report stage (day 2) - Tue 10 Jun 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) —(a) green spaces, including private gardens, balconies, and community gardens;(b) the care and maintenance - Speech Link
2: Freddie van Mierlo (LD - Henley and Thame) in it refers to active travel; it is covered only in so far as it falls under the umbrella term “highway - Speech Link
3: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) .Furthermore, it would impose a duty on development corporations to ensure the ongoing care and maintenance - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Mon 09 Jun 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Sussex Weald) lawfully used for on-street parking where a local highway authority approved cross-pavement charging - Speech Link
2: Gideon Amos (LD - Taunton and Wellington) Rules on transport and highway capacity are also set by Whitehall, so local authorities such as my own - Speech Link
3: Carla Denyer (Green - Bristol Central) The rules say that planning applications can only be considered on highway safety and immunity grounds - Speech Link
4: None This amendment adds local highway authorities, strategic highways companies and Network Rail Limited - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Thirteenth sitting)
Committee stage: 13th sitting - Thu 22 May 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None Regulations under this section must include provision—(a) for the appropriate installation and maintenance - Speech Link
2: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) They require zero maintenance, are fully sustainable and are effective, providing eight species of bird - Speech Link
3: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) new clause, following on from what I have just said, we must bear in mind that local planning and highway - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) unacceptable flood risk, with the Environment Agency and local authority bodies overseeing the maintenance - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Roadworks: Cheshire - Wed 21 May 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Tim Roca (Lab - Macclesfield) In fairness to the council, it inherited a £100 million backlog of highway maintenance from the previous - Speech Link
2: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) We are already delivering by providing £500 million of extra funding for highway maintenance this year - Speech Link