Mentions:
1: None As a country, we seemingly can no longer build high-speed rail links, conduct public inquiries for less - Speech Link
2: Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) elected because the unelected House has a strong geographical imbalance in which London and the south-east - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) First, I reassure the noble Lord, Lord Newby, that I am one of the minority: a West Midlands-based Peer.My - Speech Link
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1: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) Where will the money come from to conduct the training in franchise bus systems? - Speech Link
2: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) Transport for Greater Manchester is now being followed by Liverpool and Transport for West Midlands. - Speech Link
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1: Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, has secured £2 billion for transport to and between Derby and - Speech Link
2: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) Take the example of the midlands rail hub, for which the previous Government not only committed to the - Speech Link
3: Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) In the east midlands, we saw our bus routes cut by 60% under successive Conservative Governments. - Speech Link
4: Paul Kohler (LD - Wimbledon) The continued support for East West Rail and the trans-Pennine route upgrade is also welcome, as they - Speech Link
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1: None and West Midlands mayoral combined authorities. - Speech Link
2: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield and Rothwell) No LTA is being forced to franchise. - Speech Link
3: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield and Rothwell) The Department understands that there are barriers to SMEs accessing franchise networks. - Speech Link
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1: None The Mayor of the East Midlands can now forge the Trent Arc, linking Derby and Nottingham to create tens - Speech Link
2: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) We have pledged £2 billion of additional investment in the East Midlands to develop the Trent Arc, linking - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Heidi Alexander (Lab - Swindon South) , That the Bill be now read a Second time.I start by thanking my friend, the Minister of State for Rail - Speech Link
2: Heidi Alexander (Lab - Swindon South) Through this Bill, we will further streamline the process, making it simpler for franchise schemes to - Speech Link
3: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham Edgbaston) From 2010 until 2023, the miles clocked by buses across the west midlands dropped by a third. - Speech Link
4: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) The integrated rail and bus terminal at Didcot Parkway enables a convenient interchange. - Speech Link
5: Jon Pearce (Lab - High Peak) Working with Claire Ward, Labour’s East Midlands Mayor, we were able to save High Peak families hundreds - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) The proposal also adds value in increasing east-west rail freight capacity, which must currently pass - Speech Link
2: Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) Derby is the centre of the largest rail cluster in Europe—an east midlands cluster employing 45,000 people - Speech Link
3: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) The midlands rail hub was backed by the previous Government. - Speech Link
4: Heidi Alexander (Lab - Swindon South) She is right to talk about the benefits of the midlands rail hub. - Speech Link
5: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield and Rothwell) Subject to final industry planning, East Midlands Railway plans to introduce an all-day direct Nottingham-Cleethorpes - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lisa Nandy (Lab - Wigan) Friend the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams), who has done incredible work in - Speech Link
2: Gill Furniss (Lab - Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough) I also give a mention to the former Members for South East Cambridgeshire and for Bristol West, along - Speech Link
3: Clive Efford (Lab - Eltham and Chislehurst) Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) has mentioned, is that of clubs being separated - Speech Link
4: Sonia Kumar (Lab - Dudley) Dudley FC, which is one of the oldest teams in the west midlands, is so important and integral to the - Speech Link
5: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) know, competition across the world is rising fast, not just across Europe but in America, the far east - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alice Macdonald (LAB - Norwich North) The crisis is writ large in an academic institution in my area, the University of East Anglia, which - Speech Link
2: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) In York, there are the bioeconomy, digital and advanced rail opportunities, safer automation and the - Speech Link
3: Jessica Toale (Lab - Bournemouth West) Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Tom Hayes) has rather stolen my thunder by talking about the - Speech Link
4: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain); the right hon. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) is Incompatible with the Government’s Rail Policy. - Speech Link
2: Lord Mann (Lab - Life peer) All they wanted was an improved service down the east coast main line. - Speech Link
3: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) It has driven a significant modal shift from air travel to rail travel. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab - Life peer) He is indeed right about the east coast main line timetable. - Speech Link