To encourage, promote and develop light rail, trams and ultra-light rail and environs, its benefits as a mode of transport and a central tool by modal switch etc in the climate change emergency.
1. Light Rail
12/10/2016 - APPGs
Found: To encourage, promote and develop light rail, trams and ultra-light rail and environs, its benefits as
2. Guidance: Light rail and tram statistics information
19/06/2019 - Department for Transport
- View source
Found: Light Rail and Tram Statistics:
Introduction
In this document
Further information Public
3. Light rail and tram statistics, England: year ending March 2020
25/06/2020 - Department for Transport
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Found: information on light rail and
tram systems in England
year. The release covers
light rail and tram
4. Light rail and tram statistics, England: year ending March 2020
25/06/2020 - Department for Transport
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Found: Statistics
Light rail and tram statistics, England: year ending March 2020
Light rail and tram
5. Rail factsheet: 2020
08/12/2020 - Office of Rail and Road (ORR)
- View source
Found: national rail network, so do not include underground, light rail and tram systems.
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Rail statistics
1. Tram Safety
10/12/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: worst tram accident in a century. It was the worst rail tragedy for 17 years. Along with those who died - Speech Link
2: national issue. There were 267 million tram and light rail journeys made last year. Clearly, the industry - Speech Link
3: confidence in tram networks. The number of tram and light rail passenger journeys across England fell by 0.2% - Speech Link
2. Radlett Airfield Site
01/09/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: Government decided that a hugely damaging strategic rail freight interchange should be built on the site - Speech Link
3. Greater Manchester Metrolink
20/03/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: network opened in 1992 and is now the UK’s biggest light rail network. It is essential to Greater Manchester’s - Speech Link
2: previously a heavy rail line, which was then decommissioned, to be turned into a light rail system. Clearly - Speech Link
3: Although rail is not my specific brief, it is worth saying that the great north rail project has allowed - Speech Link
4. HS2
11/03/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: to seek a judicial review of the decision in the light of the climate and wildlife impacts of the plan - Speech Link
2: various names, one of them being Northern Powerhouse Rail. That would be a fundamental mistake because it - Speech Link
3: should call the fourth green light to the project, or a continuing green light, like those trains going 125 - Speech Link
5. Railways (Safety, Access, Management and Interoperability) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
30/10/2019 - Grand Committee
1: certainty for the rail industry and passengers. It fixes deficiencies in a number of pieces of rail-related legislation - Speech Link
asked by: Jim McMahon
02/11/2020
... what assessment he has made of Network Rail effectiveness in working with members of the Rail Delivery Group to deliver value for money across the network; and if he will make a statement. 2. Rail Review
asked by: Theresa Villiers
09/07/2020
... for what reasons findings and recommendations of the Williams Rail Review have not yet been published. 3. Rail Review
asked by: Matt Western
03/09/2020
... when he plans to publish the outcome of the Williams Rail Review. 4. Rail Review
asked by: Theresa Villiers
11/06/2020
... when he plans to publish the conclusions of the Williams Review on rail services. 5. Rail Review
asked by: Lilian Greenwood
19/03/2020
... on what date the Williams Rail Review was delivered to his Department; and for what reason the Government has not made a statement on that Review.
10 Current APPG Officers
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Stephen Metcalfe
Vice Chair
Conservative - South Basildon and East Thurrock
Joined: 13th February 2019Artificial Intelligence , Blockchain , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Engineering , Future of Work , General Aviation , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Maritime and Ports , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Scientific , Space , Theatre , Unconscious Bias , Unconscious Bias , Vaping
Connected and Automated Mobility , Liver Health , Transport Safety , Waterways , Women in Transport
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Business in a Pandemic (Covid) World , Business Travel , China , Corporate Responsibility , Events , Greyhound , Hockey , Infrastructure , Maritime and Ports , Portugal , South Western Railway , Tamils , Town Centres , Wine and Spirits
City Regions Transport , Football , Football Club , Local Authority Pension Funds , Netherlands , Pension Clawback , Serbia , Somaliland
Argentina , Australia and New Zealand , Canada , Channel Islands , Cricket , Crossrail , Death Penalty , Football , Heritage Rail , Metal, Stone and Heritage Crime , Museums , Norway , Rail , Smoking and Health , War Heritage
Chemical Industry , Council Housing , Homelessness , Liverpool City Region , Northern Powerhouse , Whistleblowing
Gavin Newlands
Officer
Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Joined: 24th February 2020American Football , Bridge , Connected and Automated Mobility , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Esports , Golf , Green Deal Misselling , Greenland , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Scottish Sport , Single Parent Families , Snooker , Tennis
Drew Hendry
Officer
Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Joined: 13th February 2019Cuba , Financial Education for Young People , Forestry and Tree Planting , Germany , Gibraltar , Greenland , Manufacturing , Romania , Scotch Whisky , Terminal Illness
Adverse Childhood Experiences , Climate Change , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Eating Disorders , Future Generations , Future of Retail , Tibet
Contact Details
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Andy Carter MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3000.
Email: andy.carter.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
James Harkins, Light Rail (UK), Auchenshuggle Junction, 8 Beechmore Moore, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 6UE. Tel: 07721 378 223
Email: jimh@jimmyharkins.com
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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Light Rail (UK)
Secretariat From : 30/01/2020 To : 29/01/2021
£16,501
6 Sep 2018
Light Rail (UK) acts as the group's secretariat
Secretariat From : 06/09/2018 To : 05/09/2019
£7,501
6 Sep 2017
Light Rail (UK) is funded by Driver Check and Train Ltd to act as the group's secretariat
Secretariat From : 06/09/2017 To : 05/09/2018
£16,501
14 Sep 2016
Transport Training Services UK Group
Secretariat From : 14/09/2016 To : 13/09/2017
£15,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Light Rail APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Alan Brown
Deputy Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Joined: 13th February 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Tom Brake
Deputy Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Carshalton and Wallington
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Daniel Zeichner
Deputy Vice Chair
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Arts and Heritage , Chalk Streams , Climate Change , Cycling and Walking , Data Analytics , Design and Innovation , East of England , Future Generations , Homelessness , Innovation Corridor , Internet, Communications and Technology , Life Sciences , Medical Research , Short Lets Sector , Social Science and Policy , Taxis , University , Video Games and Esports
Rebecca Long Bailey
Officer
Labour - Salford and Eccles
Joined: 13th February 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Iain Stewart
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Milton Keynes South
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 18th July 2018
Commercial Radio
Greg Mulholland
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Leeds North West
Joined: 12th October 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Graham Brady
Vice Chair
Conservative - Altrincham and Sale West
Joined: 12th October 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Antisemitism , Bahrain , Belize , British Museum , British Overseas Territories , Cayman Islands , Dark Skies , Greece , Japan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Montserrat , Singapore , Spinal Cord Injury , Sustainable Aviation , Thailand , Vietnam , Wine and Spirits
Lilian Greenwood
Vice Chair
Labour - Nottingham South
Joined: 12th October 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Antisemitism , Assistive Technology , Cycling and Walking , Deafness , East Midlands , Future of Retail , Midlands Engine , Mountaineering , Parks and Green Spaces , Rail , Transport Safety , Women in Transport