Mentions:
1: None The Government will then consider Avanti’s performance while finalising a national rail contract for - Speech Link
2: Lord Tunnicliffe (LAB - Life peer) A cursory look at the coverage in local and regional newspapers across the north-west and West Midlands - Speech Link
3: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) I suggest that we convene a meeting with the Rail Minister—I am not the Rail Minister—which may be a - Speech Link
4: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) Can the Minister guarantee that this is the last rail franchise extension for Avanti? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Taiwo Owatemi (LAB - Coventry North West) Across the west midlands and in Coventry, commuters face continued travel disruption due to the failures - Speech Link
2: Liam Byrne (LAB - Birmingham, Hodge Hill) Does the Minister understand the depths of the rage of commuters in Birmingham and the west midlands - Speech Link
3: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) am always pleased to note that the vast majority of commuters in Birmingham, Coventry and the west midlands - Speech Link
4: Andrew Gwynne (LAB - Denton and Reddish) west coast main line between Stockport and Euston is far more expensive than the same journey on the east - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Ellie Reeves (LAB - Lewisham West and Penge) Southeastern did that with no public consultation, despite being a publicly owned franchise. - Speech Link
2: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) creation of GBR will play a significant part in levelling up transport connectivity in the north and midlands - Speech Link
3: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) Demands have changed, particularly in London and the south-east. - Speech Link
4: Mohammad Yasin (LAB - Bedford) Bedford residents are sick and tired of waiting for a detailed decision on East West Rail. - Speech Link
5: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) Member for raising East West Rail, a major investment we are making in improving connectivity across - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) The current west coast franchise agreement is due to expire on 16 October. - Speech Link
2: Navendu Mishra (LAB - Stockport) was already behind that of other franchises, such as those on the great western and east coast main - Speech Link
3: Taiwo Owatemi (LAB - Coventry North West) Across the west midlands and in my city of Coventry, commuters have faced a summer of nightmare travel - Speech Link
4: Andrew Gwynne (LAB - Denton and Reddish) cannot book in advance; and that the cost of tickets is far more expensive than the equivalent on the east - Speech Link
5: Kate Green (LAB - Stretford and Urmston) If Avanti and no other operator can run this service, may I gently point out that the east coast main - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Martin Vickers (CON - Cleethorpes) If the only solution for DFT is to reconsider whether the franchise should be withdrawn, then that is - Speech Link
2: Mike Wood (CON - Dudley South) I join our community in sending a big thank you to everybody from West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service - Speech Link
3: Greg Smith (CON - Buckingham) It looks as though East West Rail will launch with entirely diesel rolling stock, to boot. - Speech Link
4: Jessica Morden (LAB - Newport East) need greater rail investment from this Government, particularly in my corner of south-east Wales, where - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tom Randall (CON - Gedling) midlands freeport that will create up to 60,000 jobs in the region—made possible by Brexit. - Speech Link
2: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) Regardless of the voting franchise, regardless of the political office, the people of Scotland speak - Speech Link
3: Jonathan Gullis (CON - Stoke-on-Trent North) in his local council as well as in Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council—the No.1 target in the west midlands - Speech Link
4: Luke Evans (CON - Bosworth) Is not such levelling up in the midlands and the north-east under this Government exactly why we should - Speech Link
5: Tony Lloyd (LAB - Rochdale) Friend the Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms). - Speech Link
6: Geraint Davies (LAB - Swansea West) Friend the Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms). - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) We heard in evidence from Mayor Andy Street that the West Midlands committee has much more than 31 members - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LDEM - Westmorland and Lonsdale) with ensuring that there is sufficient investment, so that we have more buses and indeed more light rail - Speech Link
3: Neil O'Brien (CON - Harborough) I have been very pleased to see the way that the West Midlands Combined Authority has improved transport - Speech Link
4: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) conflictual, because there are conflicting interests at play, depending on the model of bus ownership and franchise - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) We heard in evidence from Mayor Andy Street that the West Midlands committee has much more than 31 members - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LDEM - Westmorland and Lonsdale) with ensuring that there is sufficient investment, so that we have more buses and indeed more light rail - Speech Link
3: Neil O'Brien (CON - Harborough) I have been very pleased to see the way that the West Midlands Combined Authority has improved transport - Speech Link
4: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) conflictual, because there are conflicting interests at play, depending on the model of bus ownership and franchise - Speech Link
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