All 3 Debates between Chris Heaton-Harris and Ronnie Cowan

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Debate between Chris Heaton-Harris and Ronnie Cowan
Thursday 4th November 2021

(2 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I now call the Scottish National party spokesperson, Ronnie Cowan.

Ronnie Cowan Portrait Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde) (SNP)
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Scotland’s active travel budget will soon amount to 10% of the transport budget, which means that at least £320 million a year—nearly £60 per person in Scotland—will be spent on walking and wheeling. The Department for Transport plans to spend less than £7 per head. When my hon. Friend the Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Gavin Newlands) put that to the Secretary of State, he was disbelieving. Now that he has seen the proof, why is the Department short-changing active travel in England?

Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait Chris Heaton-Harris
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I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is very pleased about the amount of money that the Scottish Government are receiving for cycling and walking in a devolved settlement via the Barnett formula, but the figures that he has given are not correct. Spending on cycling and walking in England has doubled from a paltry £3.50 per head in 2010 to about £10 per head now, and obviously, given the massive increase in spending on cycling and walking—the largest that we have ever had in this Parliament, as a result of the Prime Minister’s “Gear Change” plans—that will continue to increase.

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Debate between Chris Heaton-Harris and Ronnie Cowan
Thursday 29th April 2021

(2 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait Chris Heaton-Harris
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I do not recognise the picture that the hon. Gentleman has painted. We have electrified way more miles of rail than any previous Labour Government. The Government have stood behind the railways. A huge amount of money is going into our rail system at this point in time; nearly £12 billion over the course of the last year—money that would not have been able to be spent under a Labour Administration, because the economy would have been in tatters and we would have been in a very different place.

Ronnie Cowan Portrait Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde) (SNP)
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What discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and (b) devolved Administrations on the global travel taskforce and restarting cruises as covid-19 restrictions are eased.

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Debate between Chris Heaton-Harris and Ronnie Cowan
Thursday 25th October 2018

(5 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait Chris Heaton-Harris
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We are currently in negotiations with all those individual partners so that we can do exactly that.

Ronnie Cowan Portrait Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde) (SNP)
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17. What recent discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on the negotiations for the UK leaving the EU.