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Written Question
Air Traffic Control: Licensing
Wednesday 4th December 2024

Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department is making on amending regulations to allow for the conversion of military Air Traffic Controller licences to civil Air Traffic Controller licences.

Answered by Mike Kane

The government has no plans to amend regulations to allow for the conversion of military Air Traffic Controller licences to civil Air Traffic Controller licences.

Written Question
Air Traffic Control: Licensing
Wednesday 4th December 2024

Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department is making on amending regulations to allow for recognition of non-UK Air Traffic Controller licences.

Answered by Mike Kane

The government currently has no plans to amend regulations to allow for the recognition of non-UK Air Traffic Controller licences.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Hedge End Train Station: Accessibility

"From a debate about accessibility in our Parliament, we move to a debate that I am pleased to have secured about an issue that has been a long-standing concern for my constituents living in Hedge End, Botley, West End and Fair Oak: the lack of accessibility at Hedge End train …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Hedge End Train Station: Accessibility

"My hon. Friend raises a very good point. I will let the House into a secret. I was his parliamentary researcher, so I hold some of the responsibility for not managing to get that station in Raynes Park its accessibility grants, but he is a tireless campaigner for his constituency. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
Industrial Action on the Railway

"These strikes will cause untold harm to businesses, students and vulnerable people who have lived through some of the toughest of the last two years. Considering the huge sums of money that the RMT donates to the Labour party, does the Secretary of State agree that Labour should publish a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Mar 2022
P&O Ferries

"I welcome the Minister’s statement, but two of my neighbours and constituents, with a combined service period of 51 years, were laid off by email last week. They are understandably upset that they do not know whether money is coming into their households going forward. Can the Minister assure me …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Jan 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill

"I am delighted to have finished writing my speech before being called, Mr Speaker. I sincerely congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) on progressing the Bill to this stage. It is a good Bill and it is a testament to his due diligence, his assiduousness as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Jan 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill

"I apologise to you, Mr Speaker, and to my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington for leading him down that path, but my constituents were expecting me to mention that point...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Jan 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill

"Not for the first time, as my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken) outlines. I will get to the cars that service the trains in Eastleigh, but I just say to my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington that Eastleigh is the birthplace of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Jan 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill

"I absolutely agree. In my background and in my hon. Friend’s, the teams worked tirelessly to ensure that we have not only roadworthy vehicles, but safe drivers. In addition to her comments, we should also put on record our thanks to the thousands of taxi drivers—my constituents and constituents across …..."
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