Asked by: Baroness Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to regulate the dockless rental e-bike market.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
As you will appreciate, the new Government is still in its early stages, and my Department is carefully considering next steps and potential policy solutions for the dockless rental e-bike market.
Asked by: Baroness Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are considering introducing legislation granting (1) London boroughs, and (2) Transport for London, legal powers to regulate the use of rental e-bikes and e-scooters.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
As you will appreciate, the new Government is still in its early stages, and my Department is carefully considering next steps and potential policy solutions for micromobility, including rental e-bikes and e-scooters.
Asked by: Baroness Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to legalise rental e-scooters following the trials ending in May 2026.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
As you will appreciate, the new Government is still in its early stages, and my Department is carefully considering next steps and potential policy solutions for micromobility, including rental e-bikes and e-scooters.
Asked by: Baroness Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to legalise the use of private e-scooters in public spaces.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
As you will appreciate, the new Government is still in its early stages, and my Department is carefully considering next steps and potential policy solutions for micromobility, including rental e-bikes and e-scooters.
Asked by: Baroness Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) Network Rail, (2) TfL, and (3) the London Legacy Development Corporation, concerning the business case for improvement work at Stratford station.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The government is already funding Network Rail to develop and deliver short-term and medium-term improvements to Stratford station. We are also working with Network Rail, Transport for London and the London Legacy Development Corporation to support the development of proposals for a longer-term redevelopment of Stratford station.
Asked by: Baroness Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Mayor of London and the relevant London boroughs about investing in permanent 'hostile vehicle mitigation' measures on London’s bridges, as recommended in the conclusions of the inquest into the London Bridge terror attack.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM) is currently provided via the National Barrier Asset (NBA) on five bridges within central London. The NBA measures provide a high level of protection to these bridges, and discussions are ongoing between CT Policing and relevant local stakeholders regarding the installation of permanent structures. Permanent measures have been installed on Westminster Bridge since 2022.
Discussions take place periodically between CT Policing and relevant London bodies, such as Transport for London, to progress this matter.
Asked by: Baroness Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to progress work on reopening Hammersmith Bridge to vehicular traffic.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Government is continuing to work productively with the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF) and Transport for London (TfL) to explore solutions to the ongoing closure of Hammersmith Bridge to motor vehicles, and HMG has provided LBHF with almost £13m of funding to date.
The Minister for Local Transport recently met with local MPs to discuss this project. Work is in progress to reconvene the Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce in due course.
Asked by: Baroness Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Blake of Leeds on 7 October that savings of between £110 million and £150 million would accrue from the public ownership of the railway (HL Deb col 1833), how this figure was calculated.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The figures represent the expected savings in fees which will no longer be payable to private-sector operators, each year, once all currently franchised services have transferred to public ownership. A range is presented because these fees include both fixed and performance-based elements, so future years’ values are subject to some uncertainty.