Speeches by Glover.

“When you received the RIS3 funding settlement, was there anything that caused you to have to defer planned works or scale back some of the ambition? If that was something that you had to do, where has that had the greatest impact?”

“Let us chat Lower Thames Crossing. How is the design and planning going?”

“I very much agree with the hon. Gentleman’s constituent. I thank her for her tireless campaigning and offer my condolences for her loss. My Oxfordshire constituency of Didcot and Wantage is the home to SUDEP Action, a charity that is local, national and international in its impact. In 1995, five bereaved women came tog…”

“Some of the ORR’s comments are pretty damning. It has said that the ranges you have proposed are largely arbitrary. That is very strong language for the ORR, would you not say? Or are you saying that you have now reached a position of harmony and consensus with the ORR on this?”

“The hon. Gentleman’s ask is entirely legitimate and justified. We hope that the current Scottish Government will, in the first instance, build on the wonderful achievement of the Scottish Liberal Democrat-Labour coalition in 2003 of introducing a Scottish Mountain Rescue grant. In terms of our asks of the Minister, it …”

“Are you already thinking about the impact of inflation on construction costs, and the potential impact it might have on RIS3?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I thank the hon. and learned Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) for introducing this important and sensitive debate with his customary eloquence. I thank the 464 of my constituents who signed the e-petition, placing my constituency in the top 25 nati…”

“I very much agree with my hon. Friend that accountability to this House is always a critical consideration. The second concern is Palantir’s track record and motivations. I shall not repeat too much of what others have said, but its close ties with the US Government and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, as…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I commend the determined and forensic work on this topic by my hon. Friend the Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley). The key reason I am attending and speaking today is because we love our national health service. For all its challenges and flaws, it is…”

“Or the other way round.”

“On that point, some of us have asked that question wearing a different hat. The Government have said that as part of CWIS3—cycling and walking investment strategy 3—they are going to be setting targets like that. You are right to say that at the moment, in terms of hard numbers, it is non-committal, which is interestin…”

“The kiss and ride concept.”

“That is genuinely what it is called.”

“Or parking time, or whatever.”

“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…”

“I was very interested in what you said about autonomous vehicles, Mr Hillcoat, and I agree. Would you agree that the threat or disruption likely to come from autonomous electric vehicles further emphasises the importance of tackling some of the issues we have been discussing in terms of public transport being perceived…”

“The Government have recently published their eagerly anticipated, if I can put it that way, “Better Connected: a strategy for integrated transport”. I would love to hear what each of you. perhaps in a relatively snappy paragraph, thought about the strategy and what was good and bad.”

“It is unquestionable that in quite a few parts of the country the car is the only option because, in effect, there is no bus service, and the distances are such that people would be unlikely to use active travel. It is interesting to see the different behaviours, because in those areas with limited public transport for…”

“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…”

“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…”