Liam Byrne

15 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of public transport connectivity on levels of regional inequality in the West Midlands.

15 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Trams: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the next spending review will include provision for completing the East Birmingham tram extension.

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Minerals: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish the full text of each of the UK’s critical minerals memoranda of understanding, dialogues, and other bilateral agreements, including wider initiatives such as supply chain resilience

2 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

High Speed Two: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost to the public purse has been of HS2 Ltd holding the Washwood Heath RSMD site since acquisition.

2 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

High Speed Two: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that could be supported on non-operational land at the HS2 Washwood Heath site.

2 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

High Speed Two: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when HS2 Ltd plans to publish its final land specification for the Washwood Heath RSMD site.

2 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

High Speed Two: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many acres of land at the Washwood Heath RSMD site HS2 Ltd requires for operational purposes for (a) the Network Control Centre and (b) the rolling stock maintenance depot.

2 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

High Speed Two: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total acreage of land held by HS2 Ltd at the Washwood Heath RSMD site is; and how many acres of that land are required for operational purposes.

2 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of average speed cameras in supporting police enforcement of speed limits in urban areas.

2 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Road Traffic Offences: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with West Midlands Police on the potential impact on its decision to un-cap speeding prosecutions on road traffic accident rates in the region.

2 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Speed Limits: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the capacity of West Midlands Police to enforce speed limits through (a) traffic officers and (b) technological measures.

2 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue has been generated from speed camera enforcement penalties in England in each of the last five years.

2 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the cost-benefit ratio of investing in traffic calming infrastructure compared to healthcare costs from road traffic accidents.

2 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of road safety funding has been allocated to constituencies in the most deprived 10% nationally in each of the last three years.

2 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the relationship between area deprivation levels and road traffic accident rates.

1 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Control: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the relative effectiveness of (a) average speed cameras, (b) speed bumps, (c) chicanes and (d) raised crossings in reducing vehicle speeds on urban roads.

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to support local authorities implementing Vision Zero road safety strategies in areas with high fatal accident rates.

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for road safety funding her Department has received from Birmingham City Council in each of the last three years; and how many of those applications were successful.

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Control: Active Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the relationship between traffic calming measures and rates of active travel in urban areas.

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding streams are available to support local authorities implementing traffic calming measures in areas with road traffic accident rates above the national average.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of average speed camera systems in reducing road traffic accidents in (a) France, (b) Germany and (c) the Netherlands.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of average speed camera installations on urban roads on numbers of casualties.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many average speed camera systems have been installed in England in each of the last five years; and which local authorities have received funding support for such installations.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of average speed camera systems in reducing (a) speeding violations and (b) fatal road traffic accidents in urban areas.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in the number of fatal road traffic accidents in (a) Birmingham and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatal road traffic accidents occurred in Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North constituency in each of the last five years.

26 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Regeneration

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms exist for his Department to intervene when local authorities are unable to deliver promised regeneration.

26 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Brownfield Sites: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is the Department taking to accelerate housing delivery on derelict urban sites?

26 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Brownfield Sites: Regeneration

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of brownfield regeneration on community cohesion.

25 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new housing starts in the West Midlands in the last year were on brownfield sites.