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Written Question
Tunnels: West Yorkshire
Monday 11th September 2023

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide an update on progress on the feasibility study into the redevelopment of Queensbury Tunnel, West Yorkshire; and whether he has received a final version of the report from Bradford Council.

Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

The Department has not yet received a final version of the report from Bradford City Council and will make an announcement on next steps in due course.


Written Question
Tunnels: West Yorkshire
Monday 11th September 2023

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide an update on the proposed redevelopment of Queensbury Tunnel.

Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

The Department has not yet received a final version of the report from Bradford City Council and will make an announcement on next steps in due course.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Rail Cancellations and Service Levels

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View all Holly Lynch (Lab - Halifax) contributions to the debate on: Rail Cancellations and Service Levels

Written Question
Department for Transport: Buildings
Tuesday 25th October 2022

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of work stations available for people employed by his Department on departmental premises.

Answered by Kevin Foster

There are 11,284 work stations available for use on departmental premises.


Written Question
Department for Transport: Buildings
Wednesday 19th October 2022

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many work stations were available for civil servants to use in the headquarters of her Department on 11 October 2022.

Answered by Kevin Foster

At the Department’s main headquarters building in London there are 1668 work spaces available for use.


Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
Thursday 24th March 2022

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make provision for there being a short grace period exempting a driver from the requirement to hold vehicle tax for a particular vehicle in the event of the death of the registered keeper of that vehicle to enable family members or close friends of that former registered keeper to be able to drive that vehicle, providing they are insured to drive that vehicle.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

All vehicle excise duty automatically ends when a vehicle is sold to a new keeper, transferred to the motor trade or when the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is notified that the registered keeper has passed away.

The DVLA recognises that this is a distressing time for family members and has a specialist team in place to deal with these cases sensitively. When the DVLA receives a notification of a bereavement this specialist team will write to the family to confirm what actions need to be taken.

The law does not provide for any grace period or for vehicle excise duty to be transferred to a new keeper.


Written Question
Driving Under Influence: Prosecutions
Monday 21st February 2022

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to review trends in the of levels of prosecution of drug driving.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

The Government is committed to tackling drivers under the influence of drugs and ensuring that all such drivers are caught and punished.

We have a combined approach of tough penalties and rigorous enforcement, along with our highly respected and effective THINK! Campaigns.

The Government is progressing a three-year review into roads policing and traffic enforcement. The Department for Transport will be looking at this with the Home Office, Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and the National Police Chiefs’ Council. We aim to identify ways of increasing capability and capacity across a range of agencies. This review will not only highlight where police forces are doing good work, it will show what more can be done to improve road safety.


Written Question
Drugs: Driving Under Influence
Monday 21st February 2022

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report, Drug driving: the tip of the iceberg, published by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, if he will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings of that report that (a) 44 per of drug driving offences are committed by a reoffender and (b) 67 per cent of those convicted of drug driving had one or more previous conviction; and what steps his Department plans to take in response to that matter.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

In the Department for Transport Road Safety Statement 2019 the Government announced that we are considering a proposal for a scheme for drug-driving offenders that is similar to the High-Risk Offenders scheme for the worst drink-drive offenders. The Department is working on this matter.

We will be conducting a call for evidence on parts of the Road Traffic Act 1988. It is expected that we will be in a position to publish this later this year.

While details are still being worked up as to its scope, it is expected that it will include drink and drug driving offences, and the offence of failure to stop and report.


Written Question
Roads: Accidents
Monday 21st February 2022

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s Road Policing Review: call for evidence in July 2020, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy of the finding that since 2010, road collision statistics and the numbers of fatal injuries and serious injuries from road collisions have plateaued.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

The Roads Policing Review was part of the Government’s response to the plateauing of road casualties since 2010. The review has brought together 16 organisations to look at the policing of our roads and how that can improve road safety. These include DVLA, DVSA, The National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners. The Review is identifying ways to increase capability and capacity across a range of agencies. This review will not only highlight where police forces are doing good work, it will show what more can be done to improve road safety.

The call for evidence saw 149 responses submitted. We will publish once we have given the responses our full consideration.


Written Question
Railways: Travel Information
Thursday 27th January 2022

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his press release of 21 January 2022 on reducing train announcements, whether British Transport Police announcements with counter-terror information, and details of how to report concerns via the See it. Say it. Sorted campaign, will be decreased or removed from train announcements.

Answered by Wendy Morton

Train operating companies are required to make security announcements at a set frequency to encourage the public to be vigilant for all types of crime and to report this to either Rail Staff or the British Transport Police. This requirement has not changed, but we will be ensuring that rail operators do not make more announcements than they are required to do and to avoid unnecessary repetitions of the message.