Mr Richard Holden

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Office of Rail and Road

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Office of Rail and Road will (a) remain independent of Government and (b) retain oversight over Great British Railways’ decisions on (i) funding, (ii) licensing and (iii) track access.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Buses: Driving

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of removing the 50km restriction for 18- to 20-year-old bus and coach drivers on the (a) number of available drivers and (b) quality of (i) rural

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Buses and Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Department has made of the effectiveness of minimum age requirements for (a) articulated lorry drivers and (b) bus and coach drivers; and whether she plans to remove the 50km restriction for

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Buses and Large Goods Vehicles: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71238 on Buses and Large Goods Vehicles: Licensing, when her Department plans to publish a response.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway: Personnel Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to ensure there is adequate payroll and human resources capacity within the Department to manage the employees of the newly nationalised South Western Railway operating compa

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to (a) allow fast-track approval routes, (b) introduce parliamentary sign-off and (c) implement other reforms to the judicial review process to help ensure nationally significant ro

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of judicial review challenges on the construction (a) timelines and (b) costs of nationally significant road infrastructure projects.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her oral contribution of 26 June 2025, Official Report, column 1241, whether her Department plans to restrict the practice of drivers obtaining (a) taxi and (b) private hire licences in one lo

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of (a) taxi and (b) private hire vehicle drivers obtaining licenses in areas known to have a weaker vetting on risks to passenger safety.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to allow local licensing authorities to (a) inspect, (b) suspend and (c) revoke (i) taxi and (ii) private hire licences issued by other authorities for vehicles operating in their area.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her oral answer to the hon. Member for Tipton and Wednesbury of 26 June 2025, Official Report, col 1241, what progress she has made on closing the loopholes in the taxi licensing regime.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review the rules for recognising overseas driving tests as equivalent to those in Great Britain.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the consultation outcome entitled Exchange of car driving licences issued in Moldova, published on 9 July 2025, whether her Department plans to review the 12-month period during which drivers

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Draft Road Investment Strategy 3, published on 26 August 2025, what her Department's planned timetable is for publishing a revised list of Strategic Road Network enhancement projects that

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Moldova

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the consultation outcome entitled Exchange of car driving licences issued in Moldova, published on 9 July 2025, on what evidential basis the (a) DVLA and (b) DVSA assessed the Moldovan theory

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Draft Road Investment Strategy 3, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) construction inflation and (b) other cost pressures on the (i) scope and (ii) deliv

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Draft Road Investment Strategy 3, what proportion of funding originally allocated to enhancement schemes has been reallocated to (a) road renewals, (b) maintenance, (c) safety upgrades and

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Draft Road Investment Strategy 3, published on 26 August 2025, which enhancement projects included in the Draft Road Investment Strategy 2 have been (a) cancelled, (b) paused and (c) desco

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Draft Road Investment Strategy 3 (RIS3), published on 26 August 2025, whether she plans to publish the final RIS3 by March 2026.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Draft Road Investment Strategy 3 (RIS3), published on 26 August 2025, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changing costs o

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Works: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department’s guidance entitled Lane rental schemes: guidance for English highway authorities, updated on 3 April 2025, whether she has implemented the proposal to allow overrun charges und

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Works: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department’s guidance entitled Lane rental schemes: guidance for English highway authorities, updated on 3 April 2025, whether she has implemented the proposal to double the level of fixed

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Works: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department’s guidance entitled Lane rental schemes: guidance for English highway authorities, updated on 3 April 2025, whether she has implemented the requirement for highway authorities t

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 71270 on Aviation: Fares, what her Department's policy is on airlines using (a) individualized and (b) surveillance pricing when setting air fares.

9 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Lobbying: Official Hospitality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 71219 on Lobbying: Official Hospitality, if she will publish the relevant guidance on holding departmental receptions at the offices of consultant lobbying

9 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2025 to Question 71209 on Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties, if she will make an estimate of the amount of tax that will be raised from Double Cab Pick Up vehicles being taxed as ca

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: Conditions of Employment and Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September to Question 71269 on Train Operating Companies: Conditions of Employment and Trade Unions, whether this information is held by DfT Operator Limited.

8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Foods: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the BBC Panorama programme The Truth About Baby Food Pouches; and if he will make an assessment of th

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping: Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps (a) his Department and (b) Natural England are taking to help tackle large-scale illegal waste dumping in ancient woodlands; and if he will review the adequacy of enforcemen

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press releases entitled (a) London to Essex c2c services return to public control in step towards Great British Railways, published on 18 July 2025 and (b) New dawn for rail a