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activity and some of the policy dossiers. On the Conservative backbenches,
The backbenches
Operating in roles junior to those of Hammond and Goodwill (who have salaried ministerial posts) are the Secretary of State’s Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPS) – the MP for York Outer, Julian Sturdy and the MP for Milton Keynes South, Iain Stewart. Their key function is to help the Conservative’s
transport ministers to track backbench opinion in the Commons. Both Sturdy and Stewart are former members of the Transport Select Committee. And in addition to his ministers, PPS’s and DfT officials, McLoughlin is closely supported by two political appointees – known as special advisers – with Julian Glover largely covering policy and Ben Mascall looking after the bulk of the media
Martin Vickers, Andrew Jones and Jason McCartney are active in two influential and cross-bench all-party parliamentary groups (APPG’s) – the APPG Rail and the APPG Rail in the North. Martin Vickers took over from Stephen Hammond as chair of the APPG Rail last year and has since taken a place on the Transport Select Committee. He has always taken an interest in the railways and is actively campaigning for a direct service from his Cleethorpes constituency to Kings Cross to be included in forthcoming ITT for East Coast. Andrew Jones (MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough) and Jason McCartney (MP for Colne Valley) sit as vice-chairs of the APPG Rail in the North and McCartney has recently joined colleagues on the Transport Select Committee. Both were instrumental in APPG Rail in the North’s successful contribution to the Northern Hub proposals earlier in this Parliament. Conservative spokesman in the Lords for the Department for Transport is Lord Popat taking over from Earl Attlee who has held the position since the 2010 general election. And Infrastructure Minister, Lord Deighton, is increasingly active across government departments
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