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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 15 May 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Heidi Alexander (Lab - Swindon South) , we must do more to shift freight from the roads to rail. - Speech Link
2: Heidi Alexander (Lab - Swindon South) She is right to talk about the benefits of the midlands rail hub. - Speech Link
3: Melanie Onn (Lab - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) What steps she is taking to improve rail access to Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency. - Speech Link
4: Heidi Alexander (Lab - Swindon South) The Heathrow report is expected to go to its board in May. - Speech Link
5: Amanda Hack (Lab - North West Leicestershire) Will the Minister share the Department’s plans to improve access to passenger rail for communities with - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting) - Thu 24 Apr 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) I am going to speak slightly more slowly than usual, just to try to drag this out, so that we can go - Speech Link
2: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) to the resources and funding to deliver on their promise.Hugh Ellis: To add to that, rather than repeat - Speech Link
3: None We are coming to the last few seconds so I am going to call an end to the session. - Speech Link
4: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) purchase it, there has to be fair reward to that person to enable them to rebuild their business or home - Speech Link
5: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) want to come to an agreement with a partner to avoid having to use legal powers. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2nd reading - Mon 24 Mar 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (Ind - Hayes and Harlington) but she will forgive me for coming back to Heathrow expansion. - Speech Link
2: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus and Perthshire Glens) I hesitate to try to help the hon. - Speech Link
3: Jeevun Sandher (Lab - Loughborough) If we change our approach to infrastructure projects, we can also build the roads and rail we need outside - Speech Link
4: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) When I tried to raise this to get enforcement, including through, among others, the Office of Rail and - Speech Link
5: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) That is why it is so critical that we link housing targets to targets and measures for wider infrastructure - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Transport Connectivity: North-west England - Wed 19 Mar 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lisa Smart (LD - Hazel Grove) We need more frequent bus services that link to our rail services, but the ridiculous traffic levels - Speech Link
2: Graham Stringer (Lab - Blackley and Middleton South) I think the campaign to get the rail link from Birmingham to Manchester and Manchester airport should - Speech Link
3: Lizzi Collinge (Lab - Morecambe and Lunesdale) The ambition is for it not only to go from the coast to the national park, but to link up with public - Speech Link
4: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) is the most congested rail line in western Europe, that would give us the opportunity to reopen many - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Rail Services: Open Access Operators - Thu 06 Feb 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Melanie Onn (Lab - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) Italy has good stock as well.If we are to achieve a direct rail service from Cleethorpes to King’s Cross - Speech Link
2: Gregory Stafford (Con - Farnham and Bordon) link from Bordon to Liphook to enhance connectivity and increase train usage. - Speech Link
3: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield and Rothwell) Were we to try to do so, we would risk depriving certain communities of any rail service at all.Although - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Charter for Budget Responsibility - Wed 29 Jan 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) , underlining the fact that Heathrow as a hub airport brings prosperity not just to London but to every - Speech Link
2: Matt Rodda (Lab - Reading Central) In particular, the western rail link to Heathrow scheme is supported by all Berkshire MPs and colleagues - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Scotland: Transport Links - Wed 08 Jan 2025
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) I will continue to work with the Campaign for Borders Rail to further that project.I will also talk about - Speech Link
2: Gregor Poynton (Lab - Livingston) Also last month, it confirmed that it is delaying the target date to decarbonise rail from 2035 to 2045 - Speech Link
3: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) look at the Borders rail link to see how important and invaluable it can be. - Speech Link
4: Kirsty McNeill (LAB - Midlothian) passengers who are subject to poor rail performance. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
China: Human Rights and Security - Thu 19 Dec 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) They pay no attention to complaints, no matter how politely delivered, by western leaders. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Guildford (Bshp - Bishops) This afternoon, like others, I wish to highlight the desperate situation of Uighur Muslims in the north-western - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) Uighurs in the western Xinjiang province, to which noble Lords have drawn attention.As we have heard - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) What was fascinating was that President Kagame said that, when he speaks to potential western investors - Speech Link
5: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) Its increasing use of the Northern Sea Route as a transportation link poses threats to this pristine - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Old Oak Common Station - Tue 17 Dec 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) it, Old Oak Common was intended as a substitute for a direct link from HS2 to Heathrow airport, which - Speech Link
2: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) Just last week, the Minister for Rail met again with Great Western Railway and Network Rail to ensure - Speech Link
3: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) Our challenge to HS2 Ltd is to keep the disruption to a minimum and to support Network Rail and train - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
English Devolution - Mon 16 Dec 2024
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) It is common for councils to share services and staff to reduce the cost to taxpayers. - Speech Link
2: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton) We will write to all 21 areas in scope to invite them to make representations to be part of the first - Speech Link
3: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton) On Derbyshire, we need to be careful: the Government’s role is to invite and to receive, not to draw - Speech Link
4: Matt Rodda (Lab - Reading Central) In Berkshire, we would like to see a western rail link to Heathrow, which would dramatically improve - Speech Link
5: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton) The White Paper points to an ambitious schedule of devolution when it comes to rail and multimodal transport - Speech Link