Speeches by Glover.

“We have touched already on the multiplicity of transport providers and local authorities, and now we are going to have mayoral strategic authorities in some places, and whatever the other type is—non-strategic mayoral authority or whatever it is. I cannot even begin to fathom it and, frankly, I do not think the Governm…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship once again, Ms Lewell. I welcome the Minister’s comments, and it is good that he is aware of some of the concerns about the proposed changes to article 71 and some of the findings from the consultation, but can he go a little further? What he says about the CAA not using t…”

“Road Emulsion Association research has found that 57% of UK drivers experience fewer and less severe potholes on Europe’s motorways compared with ours. That was confirmed by Office of Rail and Road benchmarking, which identified that the Netherlands’ strategic road network had double the high standard of ride quality t…”

“An October 2024 Active Travel England analysis of case studies found that walking and cycling schemes typically generate a benefit-cost ratio of between 3.5:1 and 19:1. Given the plans for significant devolution of transport funding, how will the Government ensure that local authorities deliver consistent standards and…”

“Are you referring to the £1 billion announcement?”

“I was going to ask about examples of misinformation relating to electric vehicles as a barrier to adoption, and you have covered some of those. What do you think can be done to tackle that misinformation, whether by Government or anybody else? Can we have a one-sentence idea from each of you?”

“A total abuse of statistics.”

“Very briefly.”

“I wish to present a petition, signed by 65 residents of Derwent Avenue, Thurne View and Eden Court in Didcot, relating to years of flooding on their street, and the perennial risk of flooding to their properties. I hope that Thames Water and the Government will take note. The petition states: “The petitioners therefore…”

“That is a more widespread challenge about press accuracy, which speaks to the Leveson inquiries and all that. Does anyone else have any quick thoughts about how to tackle misinformation? What would your recommendation be?”

“Word of mouth and creating ambassadors through their actual use and experience of it.”

“Do you feel that the current levels and scope of the plug-in van and plug-in truck grants are sufficient to drive further uptake of electric vehicles?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I thank the Minister for moving the motion, which the Liberal Democrats are also minded to support. It is vital that the UK life sciences sector, which is such an important part of our economy, is supported and has the potential to thrive and compete on the glob…”

“We are often told that integrated transport is harder in the UK than everywhere else because our streets are narrower so it is hard to introduce trams or cycle paths and so on. That tends to ignore the fact that plenty of untouched medieval cities in Europe have both those things, but that is one for another day. The t…”

“The liaison between regional and national and tying the threads between regional bodies?”

“I am sure you would all have liked that, but I am sure you will do very well.”

“I am going to ask you the wave-your-magic-wand question, and I would like one-sentence answers. Taking into account the current barriers—policy, governance, silos; anything at all—what is the one thing that you would like to do in your area to promote integrated transport that you cannot currently do? Let us start with…”

“Councils certainly can do more to better spend the community infrastructure levy, but that partly takes account of the wildly complicated planning system and the negotiations that are needed with developers for both that and section 106. Perhaps the Minister could share what the Government are doing to learn from other…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for South Shropshire (Stuart Anderson) for introducing this very important topic. He made some important points in his speech, and he was on to a strong one when he talked about the importance of remoteness and rurality as a factor in …”

“In terms of the challenge of improving facilities at stopping locations, how are the various industry groups and site operators—including yourselves— working together to advance that? What would you say the issues are?”