Mentions:
1: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) I know that we are looking at electric buses, but I will come on to argue for hydrogen buses, which Alexander - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Paul Blomfield (Lab - Sheffield Central) electric buses, and exploring the potential of hydrogen. - Speech Link
2: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) Members mentioned hydrogen buses. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) I will come to buses in a moment. - Speech Link
2: Paul Howell (Con - Sedgefield) little buses, thin buses, big buses or whatever. - Speech Link
3: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) I will get on to the subject of buses, but my hon. - Speech Link
Mar. 21 2024
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Feb. 27 2024
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Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided for transport projects in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry in each of the last three years.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government has spent £8.4 billion on transport in the West Midlands region over the last three years, improving connectivity, shortening journey times, reducing congestion, and transporting people and goods.
Figures are not available at the level of individual local authorities. However, in Coventry, recent Government investment includes;
Coventry also stands to benefit from allocations to West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) including
Mentions:
1: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) to be the dominant fuel source for aviation beyond SAFs, we also need hydrogen infrastructure. - Speech Link
2: Louise Haigh (Lab - Sheffield, Heeley) Why have the Government wasted £95 million on technology to retrofit buses that does not work? - Speech Link
3: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) Will the ministerial team stop briefing against hydrogen combustion engines? - Speech Link
4: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) I have looked at the fantastic work that is being done developing hydrogen. - Speech Link
Dec. 13 2023
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Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the public usage of hydrogen refueling stations; and whether she has made an estimate of future usage of these stations over the next five years.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
There are seven publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations in the UK, which serve a fleet of approximately 230 vehicles, including buses, HGVs and light duty cars and vans. The Department most recently published illustrative future hydrogen demand ranges as part of the Government’s UK Hydrogen Strategy (2021), which projected between 0 and 6 TWh of future hydrogen demand from transport in 2030.
Mentions:
1: Lord Ravensdale (XB - Excepted Hereditary) These powers will be important in the near term for plans for hydrogen-powered construction vehicles - Speech Link
2: None The alternatives to SAF, hydrogen and electricity, are on a much slower trajectory, so in the short term - Speech Link