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Our next meeting which will be held in Committee Room 12, House of Commons at 1400h - 1600h, Wednesday 25th May 2016. We will be updating you on TramTrain which is now very relevant and imminent in many LEP etc., plans for the alleviation of poor air quality, congestion and regeneration Our spea...
Minutes of the 10 February 2015 at 16:00 House of Commons meeting Trams, Light Rail, TramTrains, a Party Policy perspective for the General Election Chairman: John Leech MP (Chairman APPLRG) Speakers Claire Perry MP (Conservative. Devizes) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport Nor...
Meeting 10 February 2015 at 16:00 House of Commons Trams, Light Rail, TramTrains, a Party Policy perspective for the General Election Chairman: John Leech MP (Chairman APPLRG) Speakers Claire Perry MP (Conservative. Devizes) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport Norman Baker MP (...
All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group (APPLRG) Report of a meeting held at the House of Commons on Tuesday 2nd December 2014 at 17:00 Chairman: John Leech MP (Chairman APPLRG) Speakers: Lilian Greenwood MP Nottingham South, Shadow Rail Minister Peter Cushing, Chief Executive, Manchester Metrolin...
Annual General Meeting 2nd December 2014
Report of a meeting held at the House of Commons on Wednesday 14th October 2014 at 16:00 Chairman: John Leech MP (Chairman APPLRG) Speakers: Reg Harman (Interfaces) Nicholas Falk (URBED) Paul Rowen (Passenger Focus)
Record: Light Rail & Trams for the Capitals 20 01 2009
Record: Level playing fields for Trams 23 2 2009
Invitation: TramTrain March 2009
Record: My tram is bigger than yours Dec 2009
Invitation: My Tram is bigger than yours Dec 2009
A charity appeal
Applrg Minutes Meeting - December 2010 - Mr Norman Baker, Minister for Transport
All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group (APPLRG) Report of a meeting held at the House of Commons on Tuesday 5th November 2013 Chairman: John Leech MP (Chairman APPLRG) Acting Chairman until 16:10: Jim Harkins
Report of a meeting held at the House of Commons on Tuesday 22nd January 2013 Chairman: John Leech MP (Chairman APPLRG)
The past and the present of the Budapest fixed-rail public transport; operational considerations
All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group (APPLRG) Report of a meeting held at the House of Commons on Tuesday 21st January 2014 Chairman: John Leech MP (Chairman APPLRG)
Meeting times changed to 1500h - 1700h, details as listed below
Meeting times changed to 1500h - 1700h, details as listed below
Typo amendment
Minutes of the launch of TramTrain project Leeds
Parliamentary Tea to be held in the Thames Pavilion 14 September 2016
Applrg 25th May 2016 Meeting Minutes
All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group Meeting at the House of Commons, Tuesday, 24th October 2017 Chairman: Iain Stewart MP.. Speakers Transport Focus Tram Passenger Survey Robert Pain Senior Insight Advisor at Transport Focus. Bath Tram Dave Andrews Transport Consultant. Tram Re-introductio...
All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group Meeting at the House of Commons, Wednesday, 31st January 2018 Chairman: Kelvin Hopkins MP
All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group "Call for Evidence" meeting response to DfT
DfT Call for Evidence Smart Cities May 2019
DfT call for Evidence from TramPower
DfT call for Evidence from the Light Rail Transit Association
We are back On Thursday 30th January 2020 we held our Inaugural AGM and the Parliamentary Group is formed for the current parliamentary Term:-
Meeting 10 March 2020 : Change of venue to Committee Room 10, Palace of Westminster and not as previously notified in Portcullis House. Meet in the Lobby, entrance by Westminster Abbey. Allow plenty of time to get through Security
Speakers: Daniel Giblin, Financial Director, Light Rail (UK), & Lightweight Community Transport Mr Stephen Metcalfe MP, Conservative MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, Vice-Chair APPLRG David Bailey, UK Operations Director Steconfer
Chair Andy Carter MP, Chair APPLRG Speakers George Lowder MBE, Chair UK Tram Sam Tarry MP (Labour, Ilford South), Shadow Minister for Local Transport Baroness Randerson (Welsh Liberal Democrat)
A video of this meeting is available on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew794PECoD0 Report of a meeting hosted by the Royal Overseas League (ROSL) in its Evelyn Wrench Lecture Series Held via Zoom. Wednesday 28 April 2021, 1800h