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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 26 Oct 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) in the north is being spent in the north, and every single penny that was going to be spent in the midlands - Speech Link
2: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) If we want to encourage more people to use our railways we need to ensure that our stations are properly - Speech Link
3: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) them and be positive about them—or do they not want better transport networks across the north, the midlands - Speech Link
4: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) back into transport projects across the north and midlands, which will benefit more people in more places - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Transport: Zero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2 - Tue 17 Oct 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: None We are also investing in the Midlands, with almost £10 billion ensuring the Midlands Rail Hub is completed - Speech Link
2: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) The Government set the policy direction of HS2, and HS2 Ltd is responsible for the delivery of the railways - Speech Link
3: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) Again, the same is going to the West Midlands. - Speech Link
4: Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab - Life peer) not a question of waiting for parliamentary time or using other means of establishing Great British Railways - Speech Link
5: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) reassure the noble Lord that it is still the Government’s intention that there will be Great British Railways - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
West Coast Main Line Franchise - Tue 19 Sep 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) piles of evidence through the operator of last resort and Scotrail that publicly owned and operated railways - Speech Link
2: Jesse Norman (CON - Hereford and South Herefordshire) demand.I would add that there is some awareness that in relation to services to Milton Keynes, west midlands - Speech Link
3: Stephen Morgan (LAB - Portsmouth South) has been enough improvement to justify up to a decade more of the utter chaos that is consuming our railways - Speech Link
4: Jesse Norman (CON - Hereford and South Herefordshire) If the alternative that the Labour party is proposing is the nationalisation of our railways, I look - Speech Link
5: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) We urgently need a body to provide oversight and accountability to fix Britain’s broken railways. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
High Speed 2 - Tue 19 Sep 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord McLoughlin (CON - Life peer) If we are to see more people and more freight using our railways, capacity is desperately needed. - Speech Link
2: Lord Snape (LAB - Life peer) Is it not about time we took a leaf out of the book of the French railways? - Speech Link
3: Lord Haselhurst (CON - Life peer) Secondly, the expectations of people in the north and the east Midlands will feel betrayed.It is very - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
UK Automotive Industry - Mon 18 Sep 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) What is more, three quarters of the economic benefit from that strategy would be felt in the midlands - Speech Link
2: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) decarbonisation, from the EV incentives and charging infrastructure I have talked about and decarbonising our railways - Speech Link
3: Mark Pawsey (CON - Rugby) That is even more significant in the west midlands, where 2.2% of all employees work in automotives, - Speech Link
4: Mark Pawsey (CON - Rugby) West midlands MPs, including me, have been calling for the development of a gigafactory at the Coventry - Speech Link
5: Saqib Bhatti (CON - Meriden) In the west midlands over the past five years production has significantly ramped up and billions have - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
High Speed 2 - Mon 18 Sep 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Louise Haigh (LAB - Sheffield, Heeley) Having run our economy, our public services and our railways into the ground, will the country not now - Speech Link
2: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) commitments on HS2 infrastructure reaching Scotland, but that infrastructure is barely getting to the midlands - Speech Link
3: Diana Johnson (LAB - Kingston upon Hull North) For Hull, the decade of northern powerhouse saw a privately financed scheme to electrify our railways - Speech Link
4: Tom Hunt (CON - Ipswich) Of course it is right that we discuss investment in our rail network in the north and the midlands, but - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Railway Ticket Offices - Wed 13 Sep 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Andy McDonald (LAB - Middlesbrough) This is about a human relationship with the railways. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Morgan (LAB - Portsmouth South) To name but a few: East Midlands Railway has 16 stations that would become unstaffed, with just daily - Speech Link
3: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) I want to continue to work with all those who have railways at their heart, and at the heart of their - Speech Link
4: Chris Loder (CON - West Dorset) Invariably, that was redeployed elsewhere across the country to support railways or other parts of the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment - Thu 20 Jul 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) As a result, we will build the Borough market of the midlands in Melton Mowbray, as well as an entire - Speech Link
2: Peter Gibson (CON - Darlington) the region, allowing people to stay local but go far.Connectivity in Darlington is not just about the railways - Speech Link
3: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) Drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles can be developed at Scampton.The A46 midlands aerospace corridor - Speech Link


Written Statements
Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands - Mon 17 Jul 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) The Integrated Rail Plan, published in November 2021, set out a £96 billion investment to benefit the midlands - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 13 Jul 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (CON - Forest of Dean) The current railways industry structure is in clear need of simplification and reform. - Speech Link
2: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) extended to another 53 stations in the south-east, and we are working with Greater Manchester and the West Midlands - Speech Link
3: Nicola Richards (CON - West Bromwich East) The west midlands has great transport connectivity, but we are particularly vulnerable to congestion - Speech Link
4: Richard Holden (CON - North West Durham) I was in the west midlands just a couple of weeks ago visiting the RAC just off the M42. - Speech Link
5: Mark Harper (CON - Forest of Dean) prosperity, and it is already bringing significant economic benefits to his constituents in the west midlands - Speech Link