Speeches by Mayer.

“Does my hon. Friend agree that there is a bit of a disconnect between the scientific possibility of non-animal alternatives and what is happening on the ground? For decades, there have been suggestions of ways that we can use non-animal alternatives, yet we are not using them. Will she also commend the work of Cruelty …”

“On a wider level, obviously there are a lot of people wanting electricity, more and more increasingly. What discussions are you having with other Departments to make sure that grid capacity will be available for the transport electric infrastructure that we need?”

“Thank you, Chair. Sticking with electric vehicles, the Public Accounts Committee’s recent report on the roll-out of EV charging infrastructure found a lot of geographical discrepancies in the number of charge points. It also suggested that the roll-out had been slower than anticipated in terms of spending the money tha…”

“On the LEVI funding that you just mentioned, I appreciate it came with capacity funding. Do you believe that there are the skills, particularly around procurement, in the local transport authorities to make the best use of that funding?”

“Yes, absolutely.”

“To follow up on the regional point, do you envisage that GBR will have any formal regional structures?”

“There is an obvious discrepancy between Network Rail regions that exist at the moment and mayoral combined authority regions.”

“The Government introduced the £3 bus fare cap on 1 January. Can you explain the main objective of this policy?”

“You seem to suggest that the main aim now is to use it to increase passenger numbers. Is that what you are saying?”

“Should people be prepared now to think about the future when it comes to an end?”

“Absolutely. We understand that now two thirds of fares are less than £3, outside London and Manchester, which, therefore, gives us the question of what a better plan going forward might be. Originally, under the £2 cap you had 90% covered; now we have far fewer, so the question is whether it is now a sensible policy go…”

“I think everyone in this room agrees that walking and cycling are good; they are good for health, for the environment and for young people’s social skills. I also think they are a selling point for people trying to sell houses. In my constituency, there is a development called Bidwell West. For the last decade, there h…”

“With Easter approaching, thoughts often turn to eggs. My favourites are Cadbury Creme Eggs or possibly Smarties ones, but the eggs that I want to talk about this afternoon are those that chickens produce, and which are sold in our supermarkets. Although the majority of whole eggs sold in UK supermarkets are now from ca…”

“I thank the Minister for his positive engagement on this; I have discussed with him on a number of occasions the situation at Leighton Buzzard post office. Can he confirm that a Leighton Buzzard post office will remain in the high street area, and what can he tell residents about the opening hours that the branch will …”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. “It’s like driving over the surface of the moon,” is what Karen from Houghton Regis told me. Marion and Brian explained how they had had two tyres ruined, costing them over £200. A plumber from Dunstable sent me multiple photos of craters in his road. Councillor Matt Brennan showed me m…”

“Why did you make the decision at that stage to say it was all the way up until midnight?”

“Thomas Woldbye, do you think the decision to close until midnight was taken quickly and at an early stage?”

“Just thinking about all the other forms of public transport that normally access the airport—trains, tube, buses and coaches—what were your conversations with them over the whole period?”

“We now understand that the back-up generators were working as expected and that, by the morning, there was access to power. You keep telling us that it takes 10 hours to rewire everything. Does that 10-hour period sound resilient?”

“Would the cost of full power resilience be worth it?”