Speeches by Haigh.

“We need full consultation with industry in particular over the freight target. The previous Government had an increase of 75% in their freight targets by 2030, I think. We want to be more stretching than that, but we need to make sure it is achievable and absolutely in line with our infrastructure investments as well, …”

“I understand from a pure transport policy perspective why there would be people who would make the case for increasing fuel duty to encourage people out of their cars, but in the current context it represents a significant cost of living issue for many of our constituents. My take is that in too many parts of the count…”

“Absolutely. As I said earlier, we would not expect all fares to rise to the full £3. They will be capped in line with inflation. We hope that the people who are most reliant on buses do not see significant increases in their bus fares. The £1 billion of public money that is going into bus services is absolutely meant t…”

“We absolutely think that sustainable aviation fuel will be an important part of the mix. It is certainly not the sole answer to aviation decarbonisation, but we are confident that the industry can meet the mandate we have set, which will be introduced on 1 January next year at a level of 2%, rising over subsequent year…”

“It is not a granular question at all; it is really important. Access to charging is obviously one of the biggest barriers, at least in perception if not, as you have described, in reality for people making the transition to electric vehicles. We have already passed the milestone of over 70,000 publicly available EV cha…”

“Charging at home can be as low as under 3p per mile so it is an extraordinary saving in comparison with petrol or diesel vehicles. The last Government introduced the Public Charge Point Regulations, which will start to improve consistency and standardisation. We are looking at ways to provide more transparency across p…”

“We have fed into the new version of the NPPF to ensure that both active travel and public transport are fully considered when new developments take place. Active Travel England is already a statutory consultee to new planning. The vision-led approach is very much led by my Department. What it is trying to break down is…”

“That goes back to my earlier point about Dijon and other areas, and European countries in particular, that appear to have managed to build much more effective integrated transport systems at a local and regional level. Part of the reason we have struggled to do that in this country is that we are too centralised, and w…”

“As in what timeframe it will cover?”

“I envisage it as a living document. It will set out where we want to get to in terms of devolution, and the control, best practice and guidance that exists around the country and around the world that local transport and regional transport authorities can learn from. It will not cover a specific timeframe, but it will …”

“I was in Derby recently at Rolls-Royce seeing the fantastic work that they do there. Obviously, they are experiencing difficulties in their supply chain at the moment, which has a knock-on effect on the aviation industry and indeed aviation services more widely. We are working with colleagues in the Department for Busi…”

“It is exactly the kind of thing that you have just described that the integrated transport strategy wants to address and look at. It is so frustrating for people to see half a cycle lane and then you are chucked on to a dual carriageway or on to a very unsafe stretch of road. We need to make sure that whatever is deliv…”

“Absolutely. When we set out our plans to establish Great British Railways, one of its six key priorities was accessibility. We are all too conscious that the railways are not working for disabled people at the moment. I am sure you have all seen Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson’s recent experience. I have met her on a few …”

“The key principle of the integrated transport strategy is that we start from people’s needs and work back. We had an internal conversation just last week about the need to think about accessibility first and foremost because if you have an accessible transport system it is inclusive for everyone. It is on that principl…”

“I completely recognise how important that is for accessibility. I am sure it has come up when you have knocked on doors in your constituency; it certainly has in mine. We are considering what options we have because we want to make sure that any measures are not burdensome on local authorities and are done in the most …”

“We don’t have parliamentary time in this Session, or a relevant Bill that could be used to regulate e-scooters, but we will look to legislate. It is clearly required. Again, it is not good enough that it has been left in this situation for so long. We have expressions of interest out at the moment for more trials. Ther…”

“I met some road safety campaigners only yesterday; I am meeting some more this afternoon. They are really emotional meetings because they are parents who have lost children in road collisions. We talked about a number of things, but one of the things that they were keen to impress on me was that a lot of the discourse …”

“The sheriff principal from that inquiry has written to me and made a recommendation. The DVLA is leading on the response. Obviously, there is a requirement when people’s medical condition seriously alters to notify the DVLA, but the DVLA is considering how to respond to that inquiry and will be providing advice to me b…”

“That is one of the measures that is being considered as part of the road safety strategy.”

“Yes, it was very nice.”