Statement on severe weather, transport networks and public services.
Severe Weather (Transport and Public Services)
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
503 c411-24 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 503 c418 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Some 21 hon. and right hon. Members are seeking to catch my eye, so as ever short questions a...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c418 (Link to this contribution)
I hear the hon. Gentleman's point and will ensure that such delays do not happen. The Under-Secretar...
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Sadiq Khan | 503 c418 (Link to this contribution)
As ever, I cannot disagree with anything that my hon. Friend has said, and I commend and endorse his...
Stephen O'Brien | 503 c418 (Link to this contribution)
I ask you, Mr. Speaker, and the whole House to join me in congratulating the work force at Winsford ...
Anne Main | 503 c419 (Link to this contribution)
My constituents are almost on their knees because of the lack of trains due to First Capital Connect...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c419 (Link to this contribution)
The example beggars belief. May I look into the specific reason for disruption on that day? Network ...
Richard Caborn | 503 c418-9 (Link to this contribution)
May I also put on record my congratulations on the sterling work of Sheffield city council, which ha...
Natascha Engel | 503 c419 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister spoke about prioritising salt and grit and putting gritters where they are needed most....
Sadiq Khan | 503 c419 (Link to this contribution)
We know that some of the roads and railway lines in the trans-Pennine area are experiencing particul...
John Redwood | 503 c419 (Link to this contribution)
Should not schools that have to close for snow find alternative days during the year when they can r...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c419 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Gentleman makes an important point about hours and days lost as a result of school cl...
Gordon Prentice | 503 c419-20 (Link to this contribution)
There is concern in Lancashire that the county council has neglected east Lancashire, where there ar...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c420 (Link to this contribution)
We have not looked at devolving gritting even further. One of the lessons that may be learned from t...
Lord Barker of Battle | 503 c420 (Link to this contribution)
May I commend the efforts of local council workers and emergency service workers in Bexhill and Batt...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c420 (Link to this contribution)
Once again, I will look into the hon. Gentleman's example. He makes a very important point and I wil...
Bob Spink | 503 c424 (Link to this contribution)
You will be astounded to learn, Mr. Speaker, that my local council gritted the access to the local C...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c424 (Link to this contribution)
I have heard the hon. Gentleman's request, and I have read the three texts that he sent me this morn...
Rosie Cooper | 503 c424 (Link to this contribution)
My constituents want to know who audits the lack of performance by local authorities, many of which ...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c424 (Link to this contribution)
Some of us believe that access to a doctor's surgery is more of a priority than access to the Conser...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c424 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to the Local Government Association for the leadership that it is trying to provide in...
David Heath | 503 c421 (Link to this contribution)
There are some village schools in my constituency, such as Horsington and Berkley schools, that cann...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c421 (Link to this contribution)
One's principles and values are challenged at difficult times. Is the hon. Gentleman suggesting that...
Andrew Selous | 503 c421 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to all those who have made sterling efforts to try to keep my constituents moving, but...
Anne Milton | 503 c421 (Link to this contribution)
We are still waiting for an answer to the question whether local authorities will have any additiona...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c420 (Link to this contribution)
Those were the days! Somebody will probably come up with an example of someone being prosecuted or s...
Peter Bone | 503 c420 (Link to this contribution)
What would the Minister say to Conservative-controlled Northamptonshire county council, which was we...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c421-2 (Link to this contribution)
As has been my experience over the past four and a half years, the hon. Gentleman makes a good point...
Lord Soames of Fletching | 503 c423 (Link to this contribution)
In that spirit, let me tell the Minister of the excellent work done by the work force of West Sussex...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c423 (Link to this contribution)
I have referred all afternoon to the importance of common sense and generosity of spirit. What the h...
Nigel Evans | 503 c422-3 (Link to this contribution)
On Saturday I congratulated a couple of gritters who had visited Cow Ark near Clitheroe, a hamlet th...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c422 (Link to this contribution)
I am not sure whether the hon. Lady is suggesting that all the pavements in her constituency and her...
Maria Miller | 503 c422 (Link to this contribution)
Last week I received a clear assurance at Prime Minister's questions that there would be sufficient ...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c422 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. The latest relaxation for de-icer products to airports ...
Angus Robertson | 503 c422 (Link to this contribution)
De-icer deliveries are vital to airports, as are deliveries of heating oil to homes and businesses t...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c422 (Link to this contribution)
I undertake to get back in touch with the hon. Gentleman about the example that he raises. One of th...
David Tredinnick | 503 c422 (Link to this contribution)
Can the Minister assure me that the Highways Agency, which he controls, will properly prioritise par...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c423 (Link to this contribution)
I cannot disagree with anything the hon. Gentleman has said. I shall merely add that one reason why ...
Danny Alexander | 503 c423-4 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Minister for his efforts over the weekend to ensure that the working hours rule...
Norman Baker | 503 c415-6 (Link to this contribution)
May I, too, pass on my thanks to the staff of the Highways Agency and local councils, and indeed the...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c414-5 (Link to this contribution)
May I say how disappointed I was by the mean-spiritedness with which the hon. Lady asked the vast ma...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c411-3 (Link to this contribution)
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I shall repeat a statement that my right hon. and noble Friend the Sec...
Theresa Villiers | 503 c413-4 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for advance notice of his statement.
Like the Minister, I pay tribute to all t...
Martin Salter | 503 c418 (Link to this contribution)
True grit, Mr. Speaker. I think the heckling needs to be short as well.
Does the Minister agree tha...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c419 (Link to this contribution)
As ever, my right hon. Friend has highlighted some of the options that people have taken during this...
Bob Russell | 503 c420 (Link to this contribution)
When I was a lad, schools did not shut because of the snow. Before the day is out, will the Minister...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c421 (Link to this contribution)
The second part of the hon. Lady's question is very important. As the snow melts, there is a real co...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c416-8 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments and questions. He is right to refer to the issue of six ...
Sadiq Khan | 503 c420-1 (Link to this contribution)
When we talk about generosity of spirit, we hope it applies to local authorities as well as to polit...
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