Robert Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on energy supply issues.
Robert Goodwill: I welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Wilshire. I am disappointed that Mrs. Humble has left, as I intended to tell her about the excellent hospitality that we received recently in Blackpool at the Woodleigh hotel in Yates street, which almost rivalled the hospitality in Scarborough. However, having served with you on the Transport Committee, Mr. Wilshire, I look forward to serving under your...
Robert Goodwill: I congratulate the hon. Member for Dumfries and Galloway (Mr. Brown) on choosing such an important subject for debate. We have all heard horror stories from around the country, and I am sure that the poignant one from Blaenau Gwent about the young people who tragically died just when they were beginning their adult lives hit home with us all. Thirty-two years ago, a school acquaintance of...
Robert Goodwill: It is an excellent suggestion that best practice should be shared around the country. Of course, we have heard about YouTube in this context. I admit that I occasionally surf around that site to see interesting films and find out what is on there. You may, Sir Nicholas, remember the "Top Gear" film highlighting level crossing safety problems, in which a train was driven into the side of a car...
Robert Goodwill: Does the Minister agree that a number of our young drivers who have passed their tests in places such as Poland and Romania or other new European countries may not have a valid driving licence but can show a document that looks like one?
Robert Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the compliance rate of the drivers of foreign registered passenger vehicles with civil and criminal legislation and regulation in England and Wales.
Robert Goodwill: The encouraging headlines belie a grim statistical trend. One in six deaths on the roads are associated with drink driving. That has increased from 460 in 1998 to 540 last year. Does the Minister think that by presiding over a reduction in traffic police numbers and not making drink driving a key performance indicator for police forces, the Government are sending out all the wrong messages...
Robert Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what records his Department keeps of which UK registered companies are trading (a) with and (b) in Burma.
Robert Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what percentage of passenger vehicles in England and Wales are estimated to be foreign registered; (2) what estimate she has made of the number of foreign registered passenger vehicles not registered in the UK by migrant workers within six months of arrival; and if she will make a statement; (3) what estimate she has made of the proportion...
Robert Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the number of foreign registered passenger vehicles that have incurred (a) 0 to 10, (b) 11 to 50 and (c) 51 and over unpaid penalty charges for decriminalised traffic contraventions; and if she will make a statement.
Robert Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she expects to publish Professor McKinnon's report on longer heavier vehicles.
Robert Goodwill: At 10 am, I attended a conference at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre across the road, at which the Minister with responsibility for road safety, the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for Poplar and Canning Town (Jim Fitzpatrick), gave an excellent speech on road safety. At the end of it, he apologised for his having to leave because of the important...
Robert Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will take steps to commemorate the 70(th) anniversary of the setting of the world steam record.
Robert Goodwill: If he will publish the letter of advice that he received from the Governor of the Bank of England on support for Northern Rock.
Robert Goodwill: How, precisely, are the Government funding the £25 billion support package for Northern Rock? If that support is, as we are told, coming from the "contingency fund", how much is left in that fund?
Robert Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future role of RAF Fylingdales and Menwith Hill in ballistic missile defence systems.
Robert Goodwill: Does the Minister realise the effect that the so-called 50 km rule is having on the provision of bus services, particularly in rural areas? In some cases, routes are being segmented, resulting in increased cost and inconvenience to passengers; and in other cases, routes may be axed altogether. Clearly, this is not a safety issue, because in order to comply, it is possible to change the...
Robert Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make an assessment of the use of upright electric personal transporters in other countries.
Robert Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the potential environmental effects of Government encouragement of the use on upright electric personal transporter.
Robert Goodwill: May we have a debate on the provision of post offices here in the Palace of Westminster? Why do pensioners in the villages of Sandsend, Ruswarp and Fyling Thorpe in my constituency have to travel more than 3 miles to a post office, whereas other pensioners such as the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) have the benefit of three post offices within 100 yd?