Speeches by Mayer.

“I feel we might have upset the whole sector there.”

“Exactly. Would you agree that there is a difference between bikes and scooters that have been retrofitted with conversion kits, or that might have been imported illegally, and the ones that are being used in trials, which are much more robust from a fire safety point of view?”

“I should declare an interest as the chair of the APPG for micromobility. You alluded to lithium batteries causing fires.”

“Steve, in your evidence you suggested that there was a danger that momentum could be lost while this was being set up. Did you want to make any comments on that or anything else?”

“Obviously, road safety covers many different aspects of policy. This is a document written by the Department for Transport, but we have already talked about how it impacts on health, policing and so on. In the Secretary of State’s introduction, she says, “This strategy rests on partnership.” She is not particularly tal…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I congratulate the hon. Member for Tiverton and Minehead (Rachel Gilmour) on securing this timely debate. Community pharmacies and the people in them are the backbone of our NHS. They are a fixture on our high streets, dispensing our medicines, providing confi…”

“I am utterly flexible.”

“Thank you ever so much, Chair. I am pitching for a debate on coaches, because there has not been one for some time. The last stand-alone debate on the issue of coaches was back in December 2020, as far as I can see. It is a debate that a lot of MPs could get involved in. Many MPs have a coach company in their constitue…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I congratulate the hon. Member for Tiverton and Minehead (Rachel Gilmour) on securing this timely debate. Community pharmacies and the people in them are the backbone of our NHS. They are a fixture on our high streets, dispensing our medicines, providing confi…”

“Does that mean that passengers who use the traditional Euston station at the moment need to wait until 2040 for it not to feel grotty anymore?”

“Finally, on paying for it all, Ministers have stated their ambition to use private finance for the work. Do you have any back-up plans if that does not come through?”

“What is the timescale for completing the works at Euston station? By station, I mean old, new, underground and bus.”

“Yes, them too.”

“The funding will be coming from different streams—we are using private finance for the new station, but we do not seem to be using it to upgrade the old station, yet we are also being told that we are thinking about it utterly holistically and that it will feel like one station at the end. Does having those different s…”

“Are the six platforms for the new bit of the station enough?”

“Thank you, Chair. Let us imagine that we have fast-forwarded into the future a bit. The train lines have all been built and people are arriving at Euston station. There are more houses all around and there are shops, and it has become a popular place and is really busy. Are you confident in your passenger forecasts and…”

“There have been some reports in the media that three extra platforms might be hemmed in by retail space and might not be long enough. Do you have any views on that?”

“The Euston Delivery Company is now being established. In November, Camden council announced their intention to lead a development corporation as well. Thinking first about the Euston Delivery Company, what will it be responsible for and what will remain the decision and responsibility of Ministers?”

“You have just listed a whole range of stakeholders. To be fair, when we talk to them at the moment, they say that there is good collaborative working, but this is a long-term project. Some of those personalities will change, and possibly some of the organisations will change as well. How are you making sure that there …”

“Moving to street work permits—[Interruption]—which you know this Committee is interested in, despite recent changes that allow the use of street work permits, local authorities are often still using section 50 licences for charging infrastructure installation. Can the Department help local authorities feel comfortable …”