Speeches by Mayer.

“Recent changes to legislation mean that the installation of charging infrastructure can now be done with street works permits rather than a section 50 licence, like utility companies use. Hopefully you have all read our previous report about digging up roads and making them okay again afterwards. Do you think that this…”

“I want to follow up on what Steff was saying about apps not including cars. Samuel, I get what you were saying about park and ride, but to some extent that is public transport. What I am concerned about is the fact that people, in effect, do park and ride but they are doing it themselves as part of the journey. What is…”

“I do not mean just to a park and ride site. What if you decide that, for the first bit of your journey, it would be sensible to drive to a station or a bus stop that is not a specific park and ride? People are not just going to go to the park and ride; they are going to make a decision: “Actually, it makes more sense f…”

“When you have multi-operator tickets or capped fares, or people are going from different types of transport to others—or, indeed, when someone is driving one set of passengers into another form of transport—are there good methods in place to allow the revenue to be fairly allocated?”

“Do you think you need direction to do so from some form of government?”

“Martijn, are we going to stop all the trains so that they link with your buses?”

“Moving on to how private companies work together to deliver integration, what more incentives do you think are needed, and what disincentives do you think need to be removed? Are there examples where the bus waits because the train is late, or the train waits because the bus is late, or do you not do that because you g…”

“Until local roads are adopted, communities miss out on so much—from having their roads gritted to getting a post box, as I have found out. How can we speed up Central Bedfordshire council and others?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. Woodland creation is, at its heart, hopeful work. It is about climate action, nature recovery and public good. It is about taking long-term decisions for future generations. I also like that we know it is doable, because we have examples right across the countr…”

“I recently did a survey with local schools. Perhaps the children were more willing to put on the survey how much screen time they had when they were not supervised by their parents, but I was enthused about the things that they said they would do if they were not on social media, including spending far more time outdoo…”

“Is there a role for Government in doing that? Who should be responsible?”

“Is there possibly a role for passenger transport executives right across the country?”

“This one is specifically for Greg. In your evidence, you talked about the need for a “single point of truth” for a transport network. What did you mean by that?”

“We have looked at physical infrastructure, so can we now go on to technology? What kind of role can technology play in better facilitating integrated transport? Let us start with Robert for a change.”

“I agree with you on tap-on and tap-off. Also, you do not know whether you have to tap off because, in many places, it is just tapping on. Damien?”

“Just thinking about data specifically, so far we have had a mention of Google Maps, which is probably the most integrated we have at the moment, but I take your point that it does not have driving plus public transport; it is either/or. Are there data barriers at the moment to making these things better? Are we missing…”

“We have already touched on this to some extent in terms of the UK’s transport infrastructure, but what are the practical things we need to do to make sure that UK transport infrastructure supports better joined-up journeys? Kate, you have mentioned it already.”

“I guess I am trying to find out what we physically need. I remember in a previous life being told that there was this brand-new, shiny mobility hub, which is a phrase I hate. Having dug down on it a bit further, it appeared to be a bus stop plus a puncture repair kit. I am sure Olly will be pleased about having a punct…”

“This week, work begins on storage tanks to stop raw sewage pouring into the River Ouzel during periods of heavy rainfall—I know that my constituents and residents welcome that, as I am sure do the fish in the river. Does the Secretary of State agree that since we have had a Labour Government, it really has been all cis…”

“My hon. Friend talks about bottles, but they are not the only way of packaging up wine. In my constituency, the innovative packaging company ecoSIP makes single serve wine portions but, bizarrely, regulations mean that they cannot sell them in 125 ml containers. Does my hon. Friend think that is a strange anomaly, and …”