Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 06 Jun 2022
Electric Vehicles: Supporting Access
"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to mitigating the impact of the increase in the cost of living by helping those who are most dependent on their car as a mode of transport through supporting access to electric vehicles...."Baroness Worthington - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 06 Jun 2022
Electric Vehicles: Supporting Access
"My Lords, I declare an interest as a board member of the independent transport research group New AutoMotive. I thank the noble Baroness for her Answer. Just this weekend we have seen that fuel prices have again spiked by 3p a litre, and it is true that the running costs …..."Baroness Worthington - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 21st July 2020
Asked by:
Baroness Worthington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential to electrify short-haul flights and short-distance marine travel as part of a roadmap to reach net zero emissions; and to publish any such assessment.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
The Government is supporting the development of electric aircraft through £125 million of funding to the Future Flight Challenge. The Jet Zero Council, announced in June, will bring together DfT and BEIS Secretaries of State and CEO-level stakeholders to drive high ambition in the delivery of new technologies and innovative ways to cut aviation emissions.
The potential electrification of maritime routes and use of shore power alongside to reduce emissions was assessed as part of the Department’s work to develop the Clean Maritime Plan published in Summer 2019. The research supporting the plan, including detailed consideration of the use of electrical power, has been published on gov.uk.
Written Question
Tuesday 21st July 2020
Asked by:
Baroness Worthington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to electrify railways as part of a roadmap to reach net zero emissions; and when they will publish any such plans, including any anticipated timetable.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Electrification will play a significant role in our programme to decarbonise the railway. Network Rail’s ongoing work developing the Transport Decarbonisation Network Strategy will inform decisions about whether electrification or alternative technologies are the most appropriate option for each part of the network where diesel trains currently run. This work will support the Department’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan, which will be published at the end of this year.
Written Question
Tuesday 21st July 2020
Asked by:
Baroness Worthington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential to install overhead cabling on highways for heavy goods vehicles as part of a roadmap to reach net zero emissions; and what plans they have to publish any such assessment.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
The Department is working with the Connected Places Catapult to explore and assess the zero emission technologies most suitable for heavy goods vehicles on the UK road network, including overhead cabling on highways. This work will consider the need for mass demonstration projects and the outputs will feed into the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, expected to be published by the end of this year.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 Jun 2018
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
"My Lords, I too thank the Minister for her introduction of these amendments. They are very helpful; they clarify the position and make the Bill much more useful. In Committee we debated the fact that this is a very narrow power being taken in relation to the infrastructure necessary to …..."Baroness Worthington - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Jun 2018
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
"My Lords, I offer the suggestion that rather than making a long shopping list of particular types of vehicles we might introduce the concept of zero-emissions vehicles, which would be a very important category to report against. When we get statistics from the SMMT it talks about alternatively fuelled vehicles …..."Baroness Worthington - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Jun 2018
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
"My Lords, I shall speak briefly to this group of government amendments. I thank the Minister for listening to our interventions on the topic. At the moment, we do not have good oversight of how the market will develop; we have what I feel is a somewhat unnatural market in …..."Baroness Worthington - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Jun 2018
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
"My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 19, 34 and 35 in my name. I am retabling amendments discussed in Committee relating to the changes to planning necessary to enable the huge change in our transport infrastructure which the Government have stated they wish to happen. The scale of this …..."Baroness Worthington - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Jun 2018
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
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