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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Mar 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Mar 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

"In June 2010, we were told that we had to have an emergency Budget. Even at that stage, one of the strange things about that was that many of the measures were so un-emergency that they did not have to come in until the following January. To a large extent, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Mar 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

"We have heard the argument that if we reduce taxes, we get more revenue in. Of course, it is usually heard in relation to the 50p rate of tax, but that was a very poor example. It hardly had any effect, and so many people made their own arrangements before …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Mar 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

"Tax revenues have been falling, and the whole issue about low wages is extremely important.

We have had discussions in the House about zero-hours contracts. I think it was the hon. Member for Dover (Charlie Elphicke) who said today that Labour had done nothing about them for 13 years. I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Dec 2014
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

"I am pleased to hear the hon. Gentleman say that he agrees with the Smith commission’s proposals, as I do. Does he accept that the Scottish Government could, if they wished, issue planning guidance that would prevent fracking, as they have in relation to nuclear power?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Oct 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. How many of the shortlisted bidders for the inter-city east coast franchise are wholly or partly foreign-owned...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Oct 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"When I last asked the Transport Secretary about this issue on 8 May, he said that the reason Directly Operated Railways would be at a disadvantage and therefore could not take part in the competition was that it was funded through the taxpayer, yet both parts of Keolis-Eurostar are currently …..."
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Written Question
Domestic Visits
Wednesday 15th October 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, columns 661-2W, on official visits, what domestic visits he has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

Answered by Claire Perry

This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Details of all Ministerial overseas travel are published on a quarterly basis.

Written Question
Pedestrian Crossings
Friday 5th September 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the recommendations contained in the report, A review of pedestrian walking speeds and time needed to cross the road, published by Living Streets and Transport Research Laboratory on 1 September 2014.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

The Department notes the recommendation that the relevant guidance on this subject should be updated.

The Department expects to bring the successor to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, which will include all pedestrian crossing types, into force in 2015 and once that is complete will consider the need to update existing guidance.

Written Question
Official Visits
Thursday 19th June 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what visits each of the Ministers in his Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

Answered by Stephen Hammond

Details of ministerial overseas travel and meetings with external organisations are routinely published every quarter and information covering the period up to the end of March 2014 can be accessed on the Department's website via the following:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/ministerial-transparency/.