Barry Sheerman: .... With the support of this House, MOT providers, road users and pedestrians would be able to proceed in the confidence that these changes can be brought into effect without unsustainable costs for garages or for drivers. What is clear is that we cannot afford to wait. We are making advances in technologies such as hydrotreated vegetable oil fuel—with the help of Lord Tebbit’s son,...
Nichola Mallon: ...that as a potential option. The other issue that was raised by Mr Beggs was the privatisation of the DVA. That is the model that is used in England, where you can take your car to a private garage. The issue of the DVA delivery model was scrutinised under a previous Minister, and the public-sector model was the recommended way forward. It is my policy preference that DVA remains in the...
Finlay Carson: ...rural and urban. Where was the rural proofing in that policy? Even those fortunate enough to have a car are hard hit at the pumps, despite the welcome freeze on fuel duty, as prices in rural garages are considerably higher than those on town and city forecourts. People living in rural and remote communities are paying a hefty price—whether for food or fuel—just to keep going. Many do...
Alex Sobel: ...debate. I am going to describe one day in the life of Zygmunt Laks and his family—his wife Guta and their son Karol, who was born in 1939. Zygmunt Laks lived in the Łódź ghetto and worked in a garage after the Nazis took away the family restaurant. The situation in the ghetto worsened; Zygmunt stopped work and just sat in the ghetto apartment with a large axe, waiting for the Nazis to...
Sadiq Khan: ...harm or make unviable the current operation or future enhancement of the bus network. The LPG advises that development proposals should not result in the loss – or reduce the capacity - of a bus garage, bus stations or passenger interchanges, or bus stops, standing or driver facilities, unless suitable alternative provision is formally agreed with TfL. The guidance also requires...
Justin Tomlinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to expand access to (a) electric charging stations, (b) compressed hydrogen and (c) bio-fuels at fuelling stations across the UK.
...“dwelling” means—(a) a building or structure which is used as a dwelling, or(b) a part of a building or structure, if the part is used as a dwelling,and includes any yard, garden, grounds, garage or outhouse belonging to and used with a dwelling.”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment creates a new offence of “locking on”, involving the attachment of an individual to...
...an animal;“dwelling” means—(a) a building or structure which is used as a dwelling, or(b) a part of a building or structure, if the part is used as a dwelling,and includes any yard, garden, garage or outhouse belonging to and used with a dwelling.”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment creates a new offence where a person has an article with them in a place other than a...
Sadiq Khan: ...the travel mentoring team. Enquiries and referrals may lead to assisted trips but can also be requests for advice dealt with over the telephone or via video link. Bus days are events hosted at bus garages, which are attended by many people together, using mobility aids, who would like assistance to use the bus network independently.
Keith Prince: ...information about the 23 people Killed or Seriously Injured in Bus and Coach Safety Incidents between 01 April 2021 and 26 June 2021: Date of incident Name of bus or coach company involved Garage of bus or coach company involved in incident Location of incident (borough) Severity of incident (fatality or serious injury) Cause of injury (collision, slip trip fall) Victim’s mode of travel...
Keith Prince: ...information about the 21 people Killed or Seriously Injured in bus and coach safety incidents between 27 June 2021 and 18 September 2021: Date of incident Name of bus or coach company involved Garage of bus or coach company involved in incident Location of incident (borough) Severity of incident (fatality or serious injury) Cause of injury (collision, slip trip fall) Victim’s mode of...
Lord Bach: ...aged 16 in 1972, and an old scooter. He and his friends visited a hospital. His mate handed him an old scooter helmet, which was apparently completely useless. He foolishly placed it in his family garage. He was charged with handling and fined £5. Since then, it goes without saying that he has never been in trouble. He has had a highly successful career in journalism. He has been head of...
Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the Building Safety Fund does not cover the cost of garage roof remediation if that work is necessary to make a residential building safe from fire; and if he will make a statement.
Holly Lynch: ...to help front line NHS workers to deal with COVID-19, on my shift I am having to worry about constantly chasing Harron Homes about the safety of my children due to the rubbish they left in my garage, the outstanding work they never completed and the many issues they have still not addressed.” We have managed to have two meetings with Harron Homes, so progress has been made, but there...
Keith Prince: Will you commission an independent statistical analysis to establish which bus garages suffered clusters of Covid-19 deaths and correlate them with potential causes, such as the use of ferry vehicles?
Sadiq Khan: ...London’s (TfL) Big Red Book guide for bus drivers has clear guidance about switching engines off, and this will be repeated in the next version. This is in addition to guidance and posters at bus garages. TfL and its bus operators do not regard engine idling as acceptable and, if there are instances where this is happening, TfL and operators would welcome details of the time, date,...
Keith Prince: ...—to make a number of broad claims about how ferry driving Covid-19 risk was mitigated during the pandemic, e.g.— (a) "The bus operators who used ferry vehicles to transport drivers between garages and changeover points – often for only a short period - followed the prevailing guidance issued by Public Health England (PHE) at different points of the pandemic. (b) They undertook a...
Keith Prince: Following up on your response to Question 2021/3881, in your response to Question 2021/0121, you admitted that TfL “does not hold copies of these Covid-19 risk assessments for garage premises” a fact confirmed by TfL’s Chief Safety Officer on 10 June and clearly reflected in TfL’s published transcript of that meeting (https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/tfl_discussion_about...
Sadiq Khan: ...following the Government’s announcement of the first national lockdown from 23 March 2020, instructing people to “stay at home to save lives”. This was not unique to just site visits to bus garages, and involved consideration of whether tasks were ‘critical’ (activities that the operational business relies on to operate and should not be stopped) or ‘essential’ (activities...
