Norman Baker
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 66 |
Date of birth | July 26,1957 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Aberdeen |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Elizabeth Sleeper |
Children | Charlotte Baker |
Albums | Staying Blue |
Animal Countdown | |
The Art of Not Knowing | |
Education | Royal Holloway |
Books | . . . And What Do You Do? What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know |
Against the Grain | |
The Strange Death of David Kelly | |
Songs | Shipping Forecast |
Nisqually Earthquake Waltz | |
The Treehugger Stomp | |
The Man In The Moon | |
Unveil the Revival | |
Animal Countdown | |
Just Stay Blue | |
The Belly Of The Beast | |
Abraham & the Olympic Flame | |
Stork & Bow | |
Lowdown Blues | |
Nice And Loose | |
Black Eye Waltz | |
Bell Bottom Breeze | |
It Cuts No Ice | |
Nothing Left | |
Crossing the Rubicon, Part One | |
I'm Sorry | |
John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man | |
Kinda Ordinary | |
Slipping Through My Fingers | |
The Shackles Interlude | |
Kin Interlude | |
Sample: Emekuku Nights | |
Medicine Mill | |
One Way Love Blues | |
Telegrams From Paradise | |
Perhaps | |
The Woman In Grey | |
Party | Liberal Democrats |
Previous position | Minister of State for Home Affairs of the United Kingdom (2013–2014) |
Marriage location | Hamsey, United Kingdom |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1651562 |
Norman Baker Life story
Norman John Baker is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was the Member of Parliament for Lewes in East Sussex from the 1997 general election until his defeat in 2015. In May 2010 he was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport.
Bus £2 fare cap extended to end of October
... Norman Baker, of the Campaign for Better Transport, urged the government to advertise the bus fare cap to attract people who do not usually use buses in order to grow passenger numbers...
Longer lorries to be allowed on Britain's roads
... Spokesman Norman Baker added that the bigger " tail swing" of the lorries presented a " danger to other road users and pedestrians"...
Coronation: How popular is the monarchy under King Charles?
... Frankly, you need one palace for state occasions, Buckingham Palace, and perhaps one other for when they want to retire to the country, " says former Lib Dem minister and critic of royal funding, Norman Baker...
More than 130 bus operators to offer £2 tickets
... Spokesman Norman Baker said: " Capping bus fares will help struggling households, cut traffic congestion and carbon emissions, and inject new life into dwindling bus services...
Prince Charles: No inquiry into £2. 5m cash donation to his charity
... The former Liberal Democrat minister Norman Baker had called the reported cash payments " grubby and scuzzy"...
Charles charity cash donation 'would not happen again'
... Earlier this week, former Liberal Democrat minister Norman Baker called the reported cash payments " grubby and scuzzy"...
Prince Charles charity funded GCHQ charity with Bond cash
... Charities are allowed to accept donations in cash - but former Liberal Democrat minister Norman Baker called the payments " grubby and scuzzy"...
Rail ticket sale launched as travel costs criticised
... It welcomed the move by the government, but Norman Baker, its chief executive s adviser and former transport minister said: " It can show the Treasury that the way to increase income is to cut fares, not keep ratcheting them up and driving people off the railway...
Longer lorries to be allowed on Britain's roads
By Tom EspinerBusiness reporter, BBC News
The government has approved the use of longer lorries on British roads, saying it will make businesses more efficient and cut emissions.
It Comes despite One Campaign group warning The Move could put pedestrians and cyclists At Risk .
Longer lorries can carry more goods in fewer trips but have a larger tail swing, meaning their rear end covers a greater area when turning. They also have extended blind spots.
But ministers insist they are safe.
Lorries up to 18. 55m Long - which is about 2. 05m longer than The Standard Size - have been trialled since 2011 and there are already around 3,000 in use.
However, from 31 May any business in England, Scotland and Wales will be permitted to use them.
The Department for Transport (DfT) said the vehicles would help businesses be more productive. For example, bakery chain Greggs - which has used the vehicles since 2013 - says it can carry 15% more goods than usual in a longer trailer.
The Move is set to result in £1. 4bn of economic benefits and take one standard-Size trailer off The Road for every 12 trips, the government said.
It estimates the vehicles will save 70,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere over 11 years.
However, The Campaign for Better Transport said The Change was was a " deeply retrograde step" which will " do nothing to tackle carbon emissions or air pollution".
Spokesman Norman Baker added that the bigger " tail swing" of the lorries presented a " danger to other road users and pedestrians".
He added: " Rather than longer lorries, the government should be working to ensure more freight is moved by Rail - an efficient, safe and clean alternative with just one Freight Train capable of removing up to 129 lorries from our roads. "
A government-commissioned report published In July 2021 revealed that 58 people were injured in incidents involving longer lorries between 2012 and 2020.
The DfT said the vehicles had been involved in " around 61% fewer personal injury collisions than conventional lorries".
Under the new rules, operators will be legally required to carry out risk assessments and ensure they take appropriate routes.
The longer lorries will still have the same 44-tonne weight limit as those using standard trailers.
However, a spokesman for The Road Haulage Association urged the government to Go Further by increasing the permitted weight to 48 tonnes.
" This will be increasingly important when we Roll Out zero-emission trucks to compensate for the increased weight from batteries, " He Said .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com