Speeches by Glover.

“Road Emulsion Association research has found that 57% of UK drivers experience fewer and less severe potholes on Europe’s motorways compared with ours. That was confirmed by Office of Rail and Road benchmarking, which identified that the Netherlands’ strategic road network had double the high standard of ride quality t…”

“That is a more widespread challenge about press accuracy, which speaks to the Leveson inquiries and all that. Does anyone else have any quick thoughts about how to tackle misinformation? What would your recommendation be?”

“Word of mouth and creating ambassadors through their actual use and experience of it.”

“Very briefly.”

“I was going to ask about examples of misinformation relating to electric vehicles as a barrier to adoption, and you have covered some of those. What do you think can be done to tackle that misinformation, whether by Government or anybody else? Can we have a one-sentence idea from each of you?”

“Do you feel that the current levels and scope of the plug-in van and plug-in truck grants are sufficient to drive further uptake of electric vehicles?”

“I wish to present a petition, signed by 65 residents of Derwent Avenue, Thurne View and Eden Court in Didcot, relating to years of flooding on their street, and the perennial risk of flooding to their properties. I hope that Thames Water and the Government will take note. The petition states: “The petitioners therefore…”

“A total abuse of statistics.”

“Are you referring to the £1 billion announcement?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I thank the Minister for moving the motion, which the Liberal Democrats are also minded to support. It is vital that the UK life sciences sector, which is such an important part of our economy, is supported and has the potential to thrive and compete on the glob…”

“I am going to ask you the wave-your-magic-wand question, and I would like one-sentence answers. Taking into account the current barriers—policy, governance, silos; anything at all—what is the one thing that you would like to do in your area to promote integrated transport that you cannot currently do? Let us start with…”

“I am sure you would all have liked that, but I am sure you will do very well.”

“We are often told that integrated transport is harder in the UK than everywhere else because our streets are narrower so it is hard to introduce trams or cycle paths and so on. That tends to ignore the fact that plenty of untouched medieval cities in Europe have both those things, but that is one for another day. The t…”

“The liaison between regional and national and tying the threads between regional bodies?”

“Councils certainly can do more to better spend the community infrastructure levy, but that partly takes account of the wildly complicated planning system and the negotiations that are needed with developers for both that and section 106. Perhaps the Minister could share what the Government are doing to learn from other…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for South Shropshire (Stuart Anderson) for introducing this very important topic. He made some important points in his speech, and he was on to a strong one when he talked about the importance of remoteness and rurality as a factor in …”

“That actually brings me on to my next question and by all means come in if you want to say something about that. The last Transport Committee described parking capacity as, “A national issue,” because of its importance for the supply chain. Do you feel that the Government are treating drivers’ facilities as an issue of…”

“Is there anything to add from the rest of the panel?”

“It is 94%.”

“In terms of the challenge of improving facilities at stopping locations, how are the various industry groups and site operators—including yourselves— working together to advance that? What would you say the issues are?”