Results 1-20 of 318 for speaker:Bob Laxton
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Pollution Control (10 Nov 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what further steps the Government plan to take to improve the regulatory framework for fine particle PM2.5 emissions in the UK; (2) what steps the Government plan to take to implement the objectives under the EU air quality directive and the UK's air quality strategy of monitoring and reducing exposure to industrial...
- Nato: Turkey and Armenia (20 Oct 2009)
Bob Laxton: What assessment he has made of the implications for Government policy in the region of the conclusion of protocols on (a) development of relations and (b) establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Armenia.
- Nato: Turkey and Armenia (20 Oct 2009)
Bob Laxton: What further steps can the Government take to encourage both Turkey and Armenia to ratify and implement these protocols, because the benefits will be immense for the region? We need to ensure that momentum in this process is maintained.
- Written Answers — Olympics: Olympic Games 2012: Construction (15 Jun 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Minister for the Olympics whether the Olympic Delivery Authority requires contractors to use water-borne means of transport to transport material to and from the Olympic site; and if she will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Olympics: Olympic Games 2012: Construction (15 Jun 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what contracts have been signed with the Olympic Delivery Authority to enable water-borne freight to be transported to and from the Olympic site.
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Inland Waterways: Olympic Games 2012 (2 Jun 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department has taken to assist British Waterways to enable the transport of freight by water to and from the Olympic site.
- Prayers: Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill (13 Mar 2009) has video
Bob Laxton: Let me take up that theme of getting the message over. The vast majority of the population, who have seen so-called ex-masters of the universe such as Goodwin—I prefer not to use the cuddly name "Sir Fred"— walk away with huge sums, would be rightly aggrieved and enraged if the Bill was not given a smooth passage. We are talking about only a small proportion of the sort of money...
- Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (12 Mar 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1531-33, on new trains (investment), how many jobs in the supply chain to provide new rolling stock for the East Coast and Great Western main lines will be in the UK.
- Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (12 Mar 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1531-33, on new trains (investment), what assessment he has made of the effect of World Trade Organisation treaty obligations on UK and European suppliers competing for railway rolling stock tenders in Japan.
- Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (12 Mar 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the Statement of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1531-3, on new trains (investment), whether UK and European rail companies are able to bid for railway rolling stock tenders in Japan.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: High-Speed Rail Services (10 Mar 2009) has video
Bob Laxton: Following the decision on the inter-city high-speed trains, does my right hon. Friend agree that the award of the contract to Hitachi/Agility Trains means that if the manufacture of the trains does not involve many UK parts, there could be a sharp decline among companies in the supply chain for the rail industry in the United Kingdom?
- Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (6 Mar 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1531-3, on new trains (investment), where the assembly facility for the new rolling stock for the East Coast and Great Western main lines will be located; and whether it will be located in an area which attracts Government development grants.
- Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (6 Mar 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1531-3, on new trains (investment), how the 2,500 new direct jobs relating to the contract to supply new rolling stock for the East Coast and Great Western main lines will be allocated in terms of (a) function and (b) location.
- Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (6 Mar 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1531-3, on new trains (investment), where the design and engineering work to be carried out by Agility Trains for the new rolling stock for the East Coast and Great Western main lines is to be carried out in the first three years of the contract.
- Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (6 Mar 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1531-3, on new trains (investment), what percentage of new trains for the East Coast and Great Western main lines will be built in Japan by (a) value and (b) component.
- Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (6 Mar 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1531-3, on new trains (investment), whether he has estimated the level of carbon dioxide emissions likely to result from shipping the first 70 cars of rolling stock from Japan to the UK for the East Coast and Great Western main lines.
- Business of the House: Regional Select Committees (Membership) (3 Mar 2009) has video
Bob Laxton: Decisions on the big transport issues in the south-west, such as rail and road links, are almost always made by the South West of England regional development agency, and even when it does not make the decisions, huge influence is exerted on the decision-making process by the RDA.
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: British Waterways (20 Jan 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the terms of reference of the Operational Efficiency Review of British Waterways are.
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: British Waterways (20 Jan 2009)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when and by what means stakeholders will be consulted on the Operational Efficiency Programme of British Waterways.
- Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Blood Transfusions (17 Nov 2008)
Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent advice the Surgeon General has received on adopting pathogen inactivation for treating blood products for UK armed forces.