All 2 Debates between Ben Bradshaw and Andrew Jones

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Debate between Ben Bradshaw and Andrew Jones
Thursday 15th September 2016

(8 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Jones Portrait Andrew Jones
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Such a system is already built into some companies’ pricing, because people get cheaper premiums if they accept some of the benefits that technology can provide. I have met the insurance industry, and will meet it again shortly, when I will raise the hon. Gentleman’s concerns.

Ben Bradshaw Portrait Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)
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Further to the Secretary of State’s inadequate reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) on the deadly menace of mobile phone use, may I ask him whether he heard an expert say on the radio this morning that the use of mobile phones impairs drivers’ ability more seriously than drinking? Does he accept that a £50 increase in the already paltry fine is a totally inadequate response to this deadly menace on our roads?

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Debate between Ben Bradshaw and Andrew Jones
Thursday 29th October 2015

(9 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Jones Portrait Andrew Jones
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Baroness Grey-Thompson is an extremely impressive figure and the university will benefit from her involvement.

Ben Bradshaw Portrait Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)
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Not if she can’t get there!

Andrew Jones Portrait Andrew Jones
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Of course she has to get there and I will look into the case of Eaglescliffe station.

The point remains that the Department for Transport is committed to ensuring that disabled people have the same access to transport services and opportunities as other members of society. That is why we are fully backing the Access for All programme and rolling out more disability access to buses. That is a measure of its success. The programme has generated a positive response. Research at stations that have benefited from the programme has found that passengers with mobility impairment have a better travelling experience as a result, and that goes up among those who have wheelchair issues.