Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Matthew Pennycook Excerpts
Thursday 11th October 2018

(6 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jesse Norman Portrait Jesse Norman
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We absolutely recognise the problem. At present, the unsuitable use of roads is controlled through information and traffic control mechanisms, by Highways England and local authorities. We are tracking the geo-fencing technology closely. It requires a lot of other moving parts, but we are certainly thinking about it.

Matthew Pennycook Portrait Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)
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T8. Tomorrow, Southeastern will introduce a temporary autumn recovery timetable, which will cause reductions in services and station-skipping throughout my constituency. Will the Minister commit himself to monitoring the situation to ensure that a normal timetable is introduced as soon as possible?

Lord Johnson of Marylebone Portrait Joseph Johnson
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We will of course be monitoring the autumn timetables across the country. I am glad to see that Southeastern’s performance has been good in recent months: I believe that the current public performance measure is 94%.