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Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Rail Accident Investigation Branch

Oct. 24 2023

Source Page: Report 12/2023: Collision between passenger trains at Salisbury Tunnel Junction
Document: R122023_231024_Salisbury (PDF)

Found: investigation was carried out in accordance with: • the Railway Safety Directive 2004/49/EC • the Railways

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Rail Accident Investigation Branch

Oct. 24 2023

Source Page: Report 12/2023: Collision between passenger trains at Salisbury Tunnel Junction
Document: R122023_231024_Sailsbury (PDF)

Found: investigation was carried out in accordance with: • the Railway Safety Directive 2004/49/EC • the Railways

Bill Documents
8 Nov 2023 - Explanatory Notes
Bill 006 EN 2023-24
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill 2021-22

Found: investigate land and protect and remove flora and fauna 10 Support of buildings and apparatus et c. 10 Trees

Select Committee
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Building Digital UK

Oral Evidence Apr. 22 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: I am told that you need a higher- frequency signal in 5G because it tends to get interrupted by trees

Westminster Hall
Funding for Major Infrastructure Projects - Wed 03 May 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) I understand that money does not grow on trees, but why are the Government not giving enough attention - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) we get it wrong.Just over a year ago, the Treasury blocked a £30 billion plan to electrify Britain’s railways - Speech Link
3: Stephen Hammond (CON - Wimbledon) In setting the control period for the railways—I have to confess that in my short period as a Transport - Speech Link
4: Gareth Davies (CON - Grantham and Stamford) We will transform our railways, including HS2 to Manchester, East West Rail and the Northern Powerhouse - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Department for Transport

Mar. 06 2024

Source Page: Appraisal of sustainability for National Networks National Policy Statement
Document: National Networks National Policy Statement appraisal of sustainability appendix 3 – assessment of consultation draft revised NNNPS (PDF)

Found: Changes in direct emissions from railways Direct Long/ Longer Irreversible ? ? ?

Westminster Hall
New Housing: Swift Bricks - Mon 10 Jul 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) , which douses our fields in poison, to ancient woodlands being destroyed to make way for roads and railways - Speech Link
2: Robert Courts (CON - Witney) They started off their ecological evolutionary life living in cliffs and trees, but realised that the - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) the addition of swift bricks are irrelevant; they just do not count in the way that, say, hedgerows, trees - Speech Link
4: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) Does the Minister not accept that nature recovery strategies are aimed at birds that would nest in trees - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Nov. 22 2023

Source Page: National Policy Statements for energy: appraisal of sustainability
Document: National Policy Statements for energy: appraisal of sustainability - appendices volume I (PDF)

Found: The use of railways was promoted through the Strategic Rail Authority and makes provision for the better

Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Department for Transport

Apr. 03 2024

Source Page: Adapting the UK’s transport system to the impacts of climate change
Document: Adapting the UK’s transport system to the impacts of climate change (PDF)

Found: The roads and railways we rely on today were planned and built for different weather conditions than

Bill Documents
8 Nov 2023 - Explanatory Notes
Bill 006 EN 2023-24 - large print
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill 2021-22

Found: investigate land and protect and remove flora and fauna 25 Support of buildings and apparatus etc. 25 Trees