Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2014
Cycling
"I agree with everything that the hon. Gentleman says about The Times and Mary Bowers. He might be amused to know that The Daily Telegraph recently published a list of the seven most absurd Liberal Democrat policies, one of which was supporting funding for cycling, so there is clearly some …..."Julian Huppert - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2014
Cycling
"I begin by thanking the Backbench Business Committee for agreeing to schedule this debate. It is the third such debate we have had, so it is now becoming an annual tradition. I understand that means it must now happen every year for ever, and I look forward to that. It …..."Julian Huppert - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2014
Cycling
"The hon. Lady is absolutely right to highlight that point, and indeed that cycle route, which I have been to see—I know how much it is needed, because it is not a very nice road otherwise. The money has to be available for community groups; it cannot simply be driven …..."Julian Huppert - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2014
Cycling
"The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. In Cambridge we are beginning work on a 3,000-place cycle park at the station because it is such an important thing to do, and the Government have supported that financially.
Why are the Government not taking the obvious steps? Is it because of the …..."Julian Huppert - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2014
Cycling
"I am running out of time, so I am afraid I will not.
Is it because of people trying to stir up conflict between cyclists and pedestrians? Again, surely not, because pedestrians benefit from provisions that help cyclists. That is why Living Streets, the pedestrians charity, has also supported our …..."Julian Huppert - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2014
Cycling
"I wonder if I can bring the hon. Gentleman back to the very exciting New Forest cycle hire scheme. As I understand it, more of the responses to the public consultation from people living within the forest were in favour of the scheme than against it. Does he agree that …..."Julian Huppert - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2014
Cycling
"The shadow Minister is making some interesting points. He has heard a lot of calls from his Back Benchers to support the “Get Britain Cycling” recommendations and commit money. Will he say now that the Labour party will include “Get Britain Cycling” in its manifesto and will he commit to …..."Julian Huppert - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2014
Cycling
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Written Question
Wednesday 30th April 2014
Asked by:
Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat - Cambridge)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) patients, (b) healthcare professionals and (c) the general public understand the new drug driving offence.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Paragraphs 10.2 and 10.3 of the summary of the responses to the consultation on the proposed drugs and their limits sets out the steps the Department proposes to take in communicating the new drug driving offence. The summary is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/drug-driving-proposed-regulations
Written Question
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Wednesday 30th April 2014
Asked by:
Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat - Cambridge)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the degree to which his Department has complied with the Public Sector Equality Duty with regard to disabled cyclists.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Department for Transport considers equality issues in exercising its functions, to comply with the equality legislation and to ensure it understands how its activities will affect different people. While there is no requirement under the Equality Act to carry out Equality Impact Assessment on cycling policy, the Department believes disabled cyclists should not be disadvantaged.
To help local authorities develop infrastructure for cyclists, including disabled cyclists, the Department has produced guidance through Cycle Infrastructure Design (Local Transport Note 2/08). LTN 2/08 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-transport-notes