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Railway Stations
John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 17 July 2003, Official Report, column 618W, on station improvements, if he will list the stations where improvements are (a) taking place and (b) being considered. [131454]
Mr. McNulty: Further to the answer I gave to the hon. Gentleman of 17 July: at Table 1 is a list of the Strategic Rail Authority's Rail Passenger Partnership (RPP) schemes that include station improvements and which
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have been approved for RPP funding. Table 2 lists a further 68 stations that are being considered by the Authority under its Modern Facilities at Stations Scheme (MFAS). The SRA and Network Rail are currently developing a schedule of work for the stations included in the programme. The timetable has yet to be finalised. Table 3 is a list of schemes in Scotland. Some of these are funded through RPP and some through the Incremental Outputs Statements scheme (IOS). In other cases new stations are also being provided as part of a wider project.
| Station scheme | Status |
|---|---|
| 1. Witham | Now withdrawn |
| 2. Burnham on Crouch | Completed |
| 3. Waterbeach | In progress |
| 4. Littleport | Contracts being finalised |
| 5. Bury St. Edmunds | In progress |
| 6. Downham | Contracts being finalised |
| 7. Brentford | Completed |
| 8. Tees Valley | In Progress |
| 9. Thornaby | Completed |
| 10. Macclesfield | Completed |
| 11. Horwich | In progress |
| 12. Chorley | Contracts being finalised |
| 13. Hexham/Carlisle | Completed |
| 14. Ramsgate Interchange | Contracts being finalised |
| 15. Saltash | Contracts being finalised |
| 16. Penzance Interchange | Completed (Phase 1) |
| I7. Liskeard Interchange | Contracts being finalised |
| 18. Plymouth | Completed |
| 19. Chippenham | Contracts being finalised |
| 20. Bodmin | Completed |
| 21. Redruth | Completed |
| 22. Beauly | Completed |
| 23. Edinburgh Park | In progress |
| 24. Ludlow | Completed |
| 25. Burnley Central | Contracts being finalised |
| 26. Bromsgrove | Completed |
| 27. Gobowen | Completed |
| 28. Haverfordwest | Completed |
| 29. Doncaster | Now withdrawn |
| 30. Sheffield | In progress |
Table 2: Modern facilities at station schemes
Station scheme
1. Aintree
2. Audley End
3. Aughton Park
4. Bebington
5. Birkenhead Central
6. Bishops Stortford
7. BootleNew Strand
8. Bootle Oriel Road
9. Bromborough
10. Brondesbury
11. Brondesbury Park
12. Bush Hill Park
13. Cheshunt
14.Clacton-on-Sea
15. Colchester
16.Colchester Town
17. Davenport
18. Downham Market
19. Edmonton Green
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20. Elsenham
21. Enfield Lock
22. Enfield Town
23. Erdington
24. Flitwick
25. Forest Gate
26. Formby
27. Four Oaks
28. Freshfield
29. Goodmayes
30. Green Lane
31. Hadfield
32. Harlington
33. Harlow Hill
34. Harlow Town
35.Hatfield Peverel
36. Hazel Grove
37. Hightown
38. Hillside
39. Hockley
40. Hooton
41. Ingatestone
42. Kelvedon
43. Kensal Rise
44. Laindon
45. Leagrave
46. Lichfield City
47. Manningtree
48. Marks Tey
49. Marple
50. Moreton
51. New Mills Newton
52. Newport (Essex)
53. Old Roan
54. Orrell Oak
55. Rye House
56. Sandhills
57. Seven Kings
58. Shelford
59. Spital
60. St. Margarets (Herts)
61. Stansted Mountfitchet
62. Town Green
63. Ware
64. Waterloo (Merseyside)
65. West Hampstead
66. West Kirby
67. Whittlesford
68. Wivenhoe
(2) RPP support for operating costs only
(3) New stations provided or proposed as part of a wider project.
(4) Jointly funded through the SRA's Incremental Output Statements scheme and the Scottish Executive's Integrated Transport Fund
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Mrs. Ellman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects that Liverpool Lime Street station will be owned by Network Rail; and if he will make a statement. [136452]
Mr. McNulty: In common with the other 2,500 railway stations on the rail network, Liverpool Lime Street is already owned by Network Rail.
Network Rail are, however, in negotiations with First North Western to take operational control of the station. Network Rail inform me that negotiations are well advanced.
Speed Limits
Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received in support of a review of the speed limits on roads; and what plans he has to undertake such a review. [135299]
Mr. Jamieson: The Road Safety Strategy, published in March 2000 gave a commitment to review guidance on setting local speed limits. The Transport Select Committee on Road Traffic Speed that reported last year also recommended a review of speed limit guidance and this was supported by local authorities and road safety professionals.
Work has already started on revised guidance to local authorities and we expect a first draft to be available in spring 2004.
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Stansted Airport
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the cross-subsidy in favour of Stansted Airport. [135629]
Mr. McNulty: Stansted is a designated airport subject to price cap regulation under the 1986 Airports Act. As such, the issue of cross-subsidy in favour of Stansted was considered by the CAA as part of its price cap review and decisions on BAA's London airports, published in February 2003. The Government will set out their policy on this issue in the Air Transport White Paper.
Transport Managers
Mr. Peter Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether it is mandatory for a transport manager to be in the employment of the licence holder under EU Directive 96/26. [135272]
Mr. Jamieson: Section 58 of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 defines a transport manager as
- "an individual who is in, or is engaged to enter into, the employment of the holder of a standard licence who, either alone or jointly with one or more other persons, has continuous and effective responsibility for the management of the transport operations of the business".
It is for the statutorily independent traffic commissioners who administer the goods operator licensing system to interpret the law and to satisfy themselves that transport managers meet its requirements.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Afghanistan
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the extent to which the Administration of Mr. Hamid Karzai is considered to be a credible national Government across Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. [133623]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: President Karzai and the Afghan Transitional Administration (ATA) are the legitimate Government of Afghanistan, following President Karzai's election by the Emergency Loya Jirga in June 2002.
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his Department's aims are at the Convention on Conventional Weapons negotiations in November; and if he will make a statement. [135848]
Mr. MacShane: The Government recognises the importance of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons and will continue to play an active role in the negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva. Our immediate aims for the November meeting will be to continue to work for conclusion of an agreement on a new and legally binding instrument on Explosive
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Remnants of War (ERW) and to reach consensus on a negotiating mandate for 2004 to take forward constructive work on Mines Other Than Anti-Personnel Mines (MOTAPMS).
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department's representatives at the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons negotiations in November will seek agreement on a mandate for future negotiations on cluster munitions. [135849]
Mr. MacShane: The UK will seek a mandate for negotiations on an instrument that could contain technical standards to be phased in for cluster munitions. This would aim to improve the reliability of cluster munitions so that fewer of them remain unexploded.
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