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Commons Chamber
Safe Streets for All - Mon 17 May 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Diana Johnson (LAB - Kingston upon Hull North) In fact, in those years, Tory Ministers blocked Hull getting rail electrification and imposed some of - Speech Link
2: Dawn Butler (LAB - Brent Central) This is not a fair way to live; it is unfair.We should be modernising voting and expanding the franchise - Speech Link
3: Anthony Mangnall (CON - Totnes) First, on rail and bus reform, at long last we are to see a White Paper that will join up our trains, - Speech Link
4: Colleen Fletcher (LAB - Coventry North East) That is not good enough.However, I am pleased that in the west midlands we have returned Simon Foster - Speech Link
5: David Lammy (LAB - Tottenham) Member for Glasgow North East (Anne McLaughlin), my hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Mon 17 May 2021
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Snape (LAB - Life peer) If he decided to use the west coast main line and came back on an Avanti train, which has the franchise - Speech Link
2: Lord Ravensdale (CB - Excepted Hereditary) Data from the Midlands Engine shows that gross value added per capita in the Midlands is nearly £22,000 - Speech Link
3: Lord Teverson (LDEM - Life peer) That Bill crosses the red line in terms of restricting the franchise in this country and I hope either - Speech Link
4: Lord Haselhurst (CON - Life peer) The east Midlands not having the benefits of the West Midlands and east of the Pennines not having the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
A Brighter Future for the Next Generation - Thu 13 May 2021
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Maria Miller (CON - Basingstoke) It is about investing in our towns and in the infrastructure in the midlands, the north-east, the north-west - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) That is now the problem for the Labour party in reconnecting with its voters in northern and midlands - Speech Link
3: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) If the Government really wanted to reform the voting franchise that this place uses, why not empower - Speech Link
4: Sally-Ann Hart (CON - Hastings and Rye) aimed at ensuring that local skills provision meets local needs.I welcome the investment in road and rail - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Thu 13 May 2021
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (CON - Life peer) connectivity as I commute to this House, I was delighted to hear of the Government’s commitment to improving rail - Speech Link
2: Baroness Merron (LAB - Life peer) Midlands, and as MP for Lincoln for 13 years, during which time I served as a senior Government Whip - Speech Link
3: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) , when the noble Baroness again spoke eloquently on a range of subjects and strongly criticised the rail - Speech Link
4: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (CON - Life peer) That is how you will get people to value the franchise that they exercise. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (LAB - Life peer) We will oppose any suggestion to copy the UK Government’s intention of extending the franchise to all - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Better Jobs and a Fair Deal at Work - Wed 12 May 2021
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) The economic gap between London and the south-east and the north-east, in relative terms, is as great - Speech Link
2: Liam Byrne (LAB - Birmingham, Hodge Hill) Just hand the whole thing over to the west midlands and trust the people of the west midlands to implement - Speech Link
3: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) , and £18,000 in the north-east. - Speech Link
4: Jessica Morden (LAB - Newport East) It is wrong that Wales accounts for 11% of the UK rail network but receives only 2% of rail investment - Speech Link
5: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) Let us not scare-tactic people out of their democratic franchise. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Union Connectivity Review - Tue 16 Mar 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Jessica Morden (LAB - Newport East) This is despite having lost a number of services on the Great Western franchise back in 2006 and more - Speech Link
2: James Davies (CON - Vale of Clwyd) A rail journey of the same distance in the south-east takes as little as 40 minutes. - Speech Link
3: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) , the midlands rail hub and a full commitment to HS2.With the fallout from coronavirus, a fragile economy - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 11 Mar 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) West Midlands Combined Authority recently signed off funding into the Dudley interchange. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) connecting Aylesbury to East West Rail. - Speech Link
3: Karl McCartney (CON - Lincoln) What steps his Department is taking to accelerate the midlands rail hub project as part of the midlands - Speech Link
4: Chris Heaton-Harris (CON - Daventry) Department has approved £20 million of funding for the development of an outline business case for the midlands - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - Mon 08 Mar 2021
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Tony Lloyd (LAB - Rochdale) Where is the commitment to Northern Powerhouse Rail? - Speech Link
2: Tom Randall (CON - Gedling) Centred around East Midlands airport, the freeport will focus on innovation, low carbon and trade. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Covid-19: Cultural and Entertainment Sectors - Tue 02 Mar 2021
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Margaret Hodge (LAB - Barking) I chair Theatre Royal Stratford East, the erstwhile home of Joan Littlewood renowned for “Oh, What a - Speech Link
2: Sarah Olney (LDEM - Richmond Park) Wars” fan just because of the special effects; he is also a fan of the vast amount of money that the franchise - Speech Link
3: Jane Hunt (CON - Loughborough) months, I have received many representations from theatres, nightclubs, bingo halls, casinos, heritage rail - Speech Link
4: Liz Twist (LAB - Blaydon) authorities in the north-east, and I urge the Minister to look at that. - Speech Link
5: Alison McGovern (LAB - Wirral South) UK.Recent bids to the Government ahead of the spending review showed that West Yorkshire, the west midlands - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 28 Jan 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) Last year, we took control of the Northern rail franchise to deliver better and more punctual services - Speech Link
2: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) We are committed to building HS2 phase 2b and to enabling the east midlands, Yorkshire and the north-east - Speech Link
3: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) capacity for rail users. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) ; last week we concluded the parliamentary passage of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill - Speech Link