Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) stag economy we are trying to steer away from, while denying people in my city the chance to get a franchise - Speech Link
2: Neil O'Brien (CON - Harborough) and across, for those of us coming up from the midlands as well.The wider story about what happened - Speech Link
3: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) I represent the outer estates of a big city which, like many cities in the midlands and the north, is - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Brandon Lewis (CON - Great Yarmouth) cannot be a hard border on the island, in the same way that there should not be a hard border between east - Speech Link
2: Keir Starmer (LAB - Holborn and St Pancras) Member for North East Cambridgeshire (Steve Barclay), is trying to change the law to get bankers’ bonuses - Speech Link
3: Andrew Jones (CON - Harrogate and Knaresborough) For years in Harrogate and Knaresborough, we had the Labour no-growth Northern rail franchise. - Speech Link
4: Colleen Fletcher (LAB - Coventry North East) needs to confirm his support: will he give a concrete guarantee for the resources needed for the west midlands - Speech Link
5: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) That is why I am proud to see one now in Blyth, and we are working with the authorities in the west midlands - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: William Cash (CON - Stone) midlands, Yorkshire, East Anglia and the east coast. - Speech Link
2: Kieran Mullan (CON - Crewe and Nantwich) Contrast that with how under Labour, the Northern Rail franchise was let on the basis of zero passenger - Speech Link
3: Matt Rodda (LAB - Reading East) In particular, the failure in the east midlands is significant. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) eastern leg from the west midlands to East Midlands Parkway, and we will then consult on how we are taking - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (CON - Welwyn Hatfield) forged upon it, and for two centuries it has been the means by which we have connected north and south, east - Speech Link
2: Suzanne Webb (CON - Stourbridge) I recognise the vital role that railways play in driving the midlands engine and condemn the disruptive - Speech Link
3: James Daly (CON - Bury North) Friend the Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho) is no longer in her place, but I would like to associate - Speech Link
4: Saqib Bhatti (CON - Meriden) Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) spoke about chilling speeches from Government Members, and I have - Speech Link
5: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) Service and revenues stopped, funding structures changed, and the franchise system was ditched. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) Also, as the Mayor of the West Midlands has made clear, the midlands rail hub will allow the new grade - Speech Link
2: Andrew Jones (CON - Harrogate and Knaresborough) because we had been making such great progress after all of the years of Labour’s no-growth northern franchise - Speech Link
3: Sara Britcliffe (CON - Hyndburn) I need to thank the campaign group SELRAP—Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership—for its hard - Speech Link
4: Chris Loder (CON - West Dorset) We have seen some really good announcements for the midlands and the north—the integrated rail plan is - Speech Link
5: Julie Marson (CON - Hertford and Stortford) I have two towns in the west, two towns in the east, and the rural piece in the middle, and east-to-west - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) Where are the annual rolling programme of rail electrification, annual targets for more rail freight, - Speech Link
2: Mark Fletcher (CON - Bolsover) midlands in general. - Speech Link
3: Chris Loder (CON - West Dorset) opportunity and in particular take full advantage of regional connectivity, meaning that, where we see franchise - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Steve McCabe (LAB - Birmingham, Selly Oak) The reality of healthcare in Birmingham is that every day the west midlands ambulance service stacks - Speech Link
2: James Davies (CON - Vale of Clwyd) hope will overcome some of the current fragmentation, including that between the Wales and borders franchise - Speech Link
3: Cherilyn Mackrory (CON - Truro and Falmouth) Member for Lewisham East (Janet Daby). - Speech Link
4: Wes Streeting (LAB - Ilford North) Member for Lewisham East (Janet Daby). - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Pauline Latham (CON - Mid Derbyshire) west, offering a key path from the east midlands to the west midlands and Wales, as well as to the east - Speech Link
2: Pauline Latham (CON - Mid Derbyshire) body.The east midlands is the rail capital of the UK, with a global reputation for excellence. - Speech Link
3: Pauline Latham (CON - Mid Derbyshire) midlands region.We have over 11,000 highly skilled people in rail-related employment across the east - Speech Link
4: Lilian Greenwood (LAB - Nottingham South) freight hub and proximity to the East Midlands airport, which is a huge freight airport. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) clear performance targets and benchmarks to guarantee reliable service, with the option to remove the franchise - Speech Link
2: Dan Jarvis (LAB - Barnsley Central) Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) produced a while ago. - Speech Link
3: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts). - Speech Link
4: Gill Furniss (LAB - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts). - Speech Link
5: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts). - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Yasmin Qureshi (LAB - Bolton South East) coast franchise collapsed and was taken into public ownership. - Speech Link
2: Beth Winter (LAB - Cynon Valley) In 2020, the Welsh Government decided to take the Wales and Borders rail franchise into public ownership - Speech Link
3: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Member for Bedford (Mohammad Yasin) mentioned East West Rail using diesel on its trains. The hon. - Speech Link
4: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) The Government have reneged on plans to electrify east-west rail, as my hon. - Speech Link