Mentions:
1: Charlotte Nichols (LAB - Warrington North) One of his most senior colleagues, the Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands, directly contradicted - Speech Link
2: Charlotte Nichols (LAB - Warrington North) When I lived in Salford, for example, the franchise changed from First to Stagecoach on part of my route - Speech Link
3: Sam Tarry (LAB - Ilford South) Friend the Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi) mentioned the struggles of her constituents - Speech Link
4: Sam Tarry (LAB - Ilford South) Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, who has been battling for the right to franchise buses - Speech Link
5: Charlotte Nichols (LAB - Warrington North) Members for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders), for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury), for Bolton South East - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) in smaller rail enhancements across the north and the midlands in addition to the trans-Pennine route - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (LAB - Greenwich and Woolwich) What plans he has to help improve services for rail passengers in south-east London. - Speech Link
3: Grant Shapps (CON - Welwyn Hatfield) Regarding the Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership—or SELRAP—and the rail link between Skipton - Speech Link
4: Ruth Edwards (CON - Rushcliffe) I welcome the massive investment this Government are making in the east midlands. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) Friend rightly points out the massive investment going into the east midlands. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Peter Aldous (CON - Waveney) Rail network improvements are vital to the future, as he has mentioned. - Speech Link
2: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) East West Rail and the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford arc are absolutely crucial. - Speech Link
3: Tom Hunt (CON - Ipswich) simply say this: I have never thought the Government see levelling up as purely about the north and the midlands - Speech Link
4: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) I represent one of the poorest communities in the country, based in the east midlands, and I hate the - Speech Link
5: Neil O'Brien (CON - Harborough) the £1.5 billion upgrade to the A14, the dualling of the A11 and the new trains on the Greater Anglia franchise - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Conor McGinn (LAB - St Helens North) already made important improvements to our road infrastructure along the A580, known locally as the East - Speech Link
2: Paula Barker (LAB - Liverpool, Wavertree) That fails to integrate us into the High Speed 2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail networks. - Speech Link
3: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) responds I hope he can say when we can get the half-hourly service that was specifically promised in the franchise - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Louise Haigh (LAB - Sheffield, Heeley) particular, the delivery of new lines linking Yorkshire, the North West, North East and Midlands; regrets - Speech Link
2: Grant Shapps (CON - Welwyn Hatfield) Gentleman’s constituency of Chesterfield will be served by a new line to the east midlands completing - Speech Link
3: Lilian Greenwood (LAB - Nottingham South) the east midlands of the improved connectivity and faster journey times to Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle - Speech Link
4: Andrew Jones (CON - Harrogate and Knaresborough) It is complex because parts of the original plan will happen—for example, the east and west midlands - Speech Link
5: Darren Henry (CON - Broxtowe) east midlands, they have made it absolutely clear that that ends today.The rail improvements will not - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) There was no mention of Northern Powerhouse Rail and nothing more on HS2’s eastern leg or the midlands - Speech Link
2: Clive Betts (LAB - Sheffield South East) midlands, being forgotten about and left behind? - Speech Link
3: Grant Shapps (CON - Welwyn Hatfield) He says that only the east midlands line is left; he is wrong: there are still other upgrades to be considered - Speech Link
4: Peter Aldous (CON - Waveney) Anglia has omitted the previous commitment in the franchise to reinstate through-services from Lowestoft - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Craig Williams (CON - Montgomeryshire) The Montgomeryshire economy looks east and west. It looks to Birmingham. - Speech Link
2: Craig Williams (CON - Montgomeryshire) That is under the franchise of Transport for Wales; although it is an English station it comes under - Speech Link
3: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) The old fragmented franchise model is dead. The modern railway is still waiting to emerge. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) The HS2 route to Crewe, for which the west midlands-Crewe section gained Royal Assent in February, will - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Greg Smith (CON - Buckingham) What assessment he has made of the impact on roads along the routes of (a) HS2 and (b) East West Rail - Speech Link
2: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) (London–West Midlands) Act 2017 and the High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Act 2021. - Speech Link
3: Philip Hollobone (CON - Kettering) What total capital investment (a) Network Rail and (b) East Midlands Railway have provided for improvements - Speech Link
4: Chris Heaton-Harris (CON - Daventry) station, with £1.13 million provided by East Midlands Railway. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Damien Moore (CON - Southport) I owe much credit to the Southport and Ormskirk rail travellers association and to the numerous Rail - Speech Link
2: Chris Heaton-Harris (CON - Daventry) why we are planning to spend, on average, more on transport in the north compared with the south, the midlands - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jack Brereton (CON - Stoke-on-Trent South) Following only two days’ notice, this week East Midlands Railway has halved the train services through - Speech Link
2: Rachel Maclean (CON - Redditch) East Midlands Railway has introduced a new timetable, but I understand that a number of challenges arose - Speech Link
3: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) plan for the midlands and the north, ensuring that transformational rail improvements are delivered - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (LAB - Greenwich and Woolwich) Will he meet me in due course to discuss the future of the Southeastern franchise in more detail? - Speech Link