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Roadmap to a Single EuropeanTransport Area

by Steve Baker 5 July 2011 in Politics 3 comments

I spoke yesterday on the Roadmap to a Single EuropeanTransport Area (04 July 2011): Setting those issues [of planning] aside, I want to make two points about sovereignty. First, on the technical side, there are questions about pricing, taxation and how the Government will work within the framework of the EU, […]

An extra £6-9bn for HS2?

by Steve Baker 28 June 2011 in Politics 7 comments

It emerged today that the cost of a new tube line and so on to cope with passenger dispersal from Euston once HS2 is running north of Birmingham would be £6-9bn. That is not included in the business plan or the cost benefit analysis. I’m glad I asked the question. […]

Matthew Sinclair: Why are the Government taxing ordinary motorists to pay for a rich man’s high-speed train?

by Steve Baker 21 June 2011 in Politics Comments are Disabled

Via ConservativeHome’s Platform: Matthew Sinclair: Why are the Government taxing ordinary motorists to pay for a rich man’s high-speed train? This isn’t about North vs. South. The priority should be improving links into cities in the North and South, and between Northern cities. We should be trying to deliver affordable […]

Bucks HS2 Summit

by Steve Baker 15 April 2011 in Politics Comments are Disabled

I’ll be off to the Bucks HS2 summit in Aylesbury in a moment. As a member of the Transport Committee, I am delighted that we are to conduct an inquiry into the strategic case for High Speed Rail. The Transport Committee has decided to undertake an inquiry into the strategic case […]

China: Off the rails? | The Economist

by Steve Baker 3 April 2011 in Politics Comments are Disabled

The Economist reports China: Off the rails? Public support for high-speed trains is muted. The trains may reach 350km per hour but fares are proportionately eye-watering. That is all right for well-heeled travellers, happy to have an alternative to flying. But tens of millions of poor migrants who work far afield […]

Aircraft operations in winter

by Steve Baker 8 March 2011 in Politics 1 comment

I’ve just come from the Transport Committee, where we heard from the airlines and the airfield operators about December’s disruption due to snow. It had me reflecting on my time involved with Jaguar operations in Arctic Norway, right. We had some advantages over British airports and the commercial airlines: There […]

Matthew Sinclair: Beware of multi-billion pound projects bearing jobs

by Steve Baker 2 March 2011 in Politics 1 comment

On HS2 as a job creation scheme: 40,000 jobs from a £17 billion project means that each job is costing well over £400,000. By contrast, in the wider economy the capital stock is about £3.2 trillion and that supports over 30 million jobs; just over £100,000 a job. In other […]

HS2 Consultation launched

by Ex-staff 28 February 2011 in Politics Comments are Disabled

The consultation on HS2 has been announced today and it is open for your feedback. You can access the consultation website here. The Executive Summary can be found here; for the full document please click here. HS2 is a sore issue in the Chilterns, and rightly so. However, High Speed Rail […]

fairfueluk.com and the advice of a referee

by Steve Baker 28 February 2011 in Politics 2 comments

I am glad to support www.fairfueluk.com in their campaign: The Fair Fuel UK campaign aims to force the Government to abandon the next increase in fuel duty planned for April – this could mean another 5 pence on a litre of fuel (which means a further 23p/gallon). We also want them […]

Launched today: Poles Apart – How to get rid of a million useless road signs

by Steve Baker 21 February 2011 in Politics Comments are Disabled

Via Poles Apart: Conservative MPs Nadhim Zahawi, Steve Baker, Anne Main and Julian Smith will on Monday publish Poles Apart – ‘how to get rid of a million useless road signs’, a pamphlet drawing attention to the visual blight and waste of public money caused by pointless and unnecessary road signs. […]