Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 13 May (HL4207), what impact the rigidity of the Network Code has had on the revision of train timetables on the East Coast Main Line; and what consideration they have given to instructing the parties, including the Office of Rail and Road, to revise the code to enable a satisfactory timetable to be delivered.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Shadow Minister (Home Office)

The industry steering group that oversees timetable introduction concluded that there were too many outstanding issues to have confidence that the new East Coast Main Line timetable can be delivered robustly in December 2024.

Timetable production and access rights issues are governed by Network Rail’s Network Code, which is regulated by the ORR as the independent regulator to the rail industry. We expect the rail industry to work through these issues in order to deliver the upgraded timetable and realise the benefits of £4bn investment in track and train on the East Coast Main Line.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 16 May (HL4323), why it will take until 2029 to replace the roof at Crewe Station.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Shadow Minister (Home Office)

Network Rail are responsible for the scheduling of renewals and maintenance works and how to prioritise this funding across the region over the Control Period. Network Rail will need Listed Building Consent to carry out the works and will prepare a phased strategy which aligns the roof replacement with track renewals in order to minimise the customer impact.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 16 May (HL4380), for what reason they do not have an inventory of pathways and roads that Network Rail have constructed next to railway lines; and what is the cost of the pathway being constructed south of Crewe Station.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Shadow Minister (Home Office)

Network Rail has identified that it has an incomplete record of pathway assets, that is why it is undertaking a national project to address this.

The pathway south of Crewe Station has an anticipated cost of c.£600k.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 11 March (HL2898), when they expect to set out the timescales for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement and for upgrading Haughley Junction mentioned in the question.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Shadow Minister (Home Office)

The Prime Minister's October Network North announcement confirmed the importance government places on delivering the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement and upgrades to Haughley Junction. These projects are a priority for government and will significantly improve regional passenger services and vitally important cross-country Port of Felixstowe freight services. We are finalising discussions with HM Treasury on the funding for both projects and expect to make an announcement by the end of May.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 9 April (HL3635), and following the 8 May ministerial roundtable, whether the Department for Transport plans to publish a timeline for plans to review moped and motorcycle licensing.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Shadow Minister (Home Office)

Following the roundtable on 8 May with stakeholders, Ministers will consider advice on this matter and others in due course. In addition, the Department looks forward to receiving the evidence from the Motorcycle Industry Association which was used to develop its L-Category licensing reform proposals.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 9 April (HL3635), whether the Department for Transport will request the Motorcycle Strategic Focus Group to investigate powered light vehicle licensing.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Shadow Minister (Home Office)

Following the roundtable on 8 May with stakeholders, Ministers will consider advice on this matter and others in due course. In addition, the Department looks forward to receiving the evidence from the Motorcycle Industry Association which was used to develop its L-Category licensing reform proposals.

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Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12124 by Jenny Gilruth on 22 November 2022, whether it has made any further progress on reintroducing a passenger ferry service to Europe.

Answered by Hyslop, Fiona - Cabinet Secretary for Transport

The Scottish Government remains fully committed to improving Scotland’s transport and trade links to the Continent, which carries even more importance after the UK Government’s damaging exit from the EU.

I have personally engaged with parties interested in introducing new ferry services, and Transport Scotland officials continue to communicate regularly with potential operators and Scotland’s main ports.

I also met with Lord Davies of Gower, then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, in London on 5 February regarding this issue. I subsequently received written confirmation from Lord Davies that the UK Government was not willing to financially support a new service from Rosyth, highlighting the risk of potential litigation should other operators consider such support to be subsidy.

Due to UK Subsidy Control restrictions, any service is required to operate on a commercial basis. I hope that prospective commercial operators are able to commit to operating a successful and profitable service, however this is ultimately a decision for those operators.

We will continue to engage with port operators and others to explore opportunities for new commercial services, so that Scottish exporters have more direct routes to markets on the Continent.