RHS Garden Wisley: Roadworks Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

RHS Garden Wisley: Roadworks

Baroness Pidgeon Excerpts
Tuesday 1st April 2025

(3 days ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Portrait Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab)
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That is an easy answer, is it not? It was the previous Government, not this one.

Baroness Pidgeon Portrait Baroness Pidgeon (LD)
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My Lords, although I acknowledge the initial response, does the Minister agree that the existing methods used by National Highways to assess the impact that roadworks have on charities such as the RHS are in need of a review, and will he request such a review?

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Portrait Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab)
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I am not sure whether the procedures are appropriate, but I will go away and get the department to look at them in order to see whether they are appropriate.