Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Organisations: Department for Transport

Responsibilities

The Minister is responsible for:

• active travel
• commercial spaceflight
• decarbonisation of transport (including the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles)
• environment (including the Joint Air Quality Unit)
• EU and international transport
• future of freight strategy
• future of transport (including the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles)
• secondary legislation
• transport research and science
• women’s safety on the transport network

Previous holders of this role

1. Trudy Harrison

   2021 to 2022

2. Rachel Maclean

   2020 to 2021

Announcements

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• Draft statutory instrument: The Renewable Transport Fuels Obligations (Amendment) Order 2022
  • 20 July 2022
  • Written statement
• Electric motorbikes race onto UK roads through transport decarbonisation measures
  • 14 July 2022
  • News story
• Second cycling and walking investment strategy – July 2022
  • 06 July 2022
  • Written statement
• Chris Boardman named permanent National Active Travel Commissioner alongside other senior Active Travel England appointments
  • 28 June 2022
  • News story
• Active Travel England update
  • 28 June 2022
  • Written statement
• Reforming the heavy goods vehicle levy
  • 20 June 2022
  • Written statement
• Future of freight plan
  • 15 June 2022
  • Written statement
• Plug-in grant for cars to end as focus moves to improving electric vehicle charging
  • 14 June 2022
  • News story
• Self-driving buses, shuttles and delivery vans could soon hit UK roads thanks to £40 million government-funded competition
  • 23 May 2022
  • Press release
• Motoring services agencies business plans for 2022 to 2023
  • 17 May 2022
  • Written statement

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