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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Railways: East Coast Main Line

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements they propose for the continuation of train services on the East Coast mainline...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Railways: East Coast Main Line

"My Lords, the fact that we are on the third failed franchise is down to incompetent franchising, fanciful overbidding by operating companies and a failure of the publicly owned Network Rail to deliver the track and overhead improvements on which the bids were based. What is the plan now? Are …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 05 Feb 2018
Rail Update

"My Lords, the noble Baroness says that on a franchising system such as this operators will sometimes fail; I think those were her words. This is three times on the same route. I fancy that if GNER had been allowed to exit its contract on a basis as favourable as …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Dec 2017
Sub-national Transport Body (Transport for the North) Regulations 2017

"My Lords, I welcome the authority that is being given to Transport for the North by these regulations and, indeed, welcome the work that Transport for the North has done so far, even without the status that the regulations give it. It is my hope that the strategic planning that …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Jul 2017
Transport: North East of England

"My Lords, the coalition Government committed substantial funds to the Highways Agency for schemes, including dualling a considerable part of the A1 north of Morpeth. Can the Minister give me a specific assurance that that is not one of the nine schemes that the Highways Agency is now reviewing and …..."
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Written Question
A1
Thursday 6th April 2017

Asked by: Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answers by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 7 February (HL Deb, col 1592), and in the light of the comments by the Chief Executive of Highways England on 22 March that they will be publishing their delivery plan update in June, whether they plan to review the timetable for the improvements to the A1 north of Morpeth.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Highways England continues to investigate options to improve the benefits and reduce the costs of schemes. This follows the normal processes to achieve value for money for the tax-payer, which is required for all government spending on infrastructure projects. This work may involve refining the scope and design of schemes and more time may be needed to assess them.

Highways England will update their Delivery Plan in June laying out the programme for the 2017-18 and they expect to deliver all of the required work.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

"There is no better illustration of the Minister’s point than the history of A1 dualling over decades. I commend the Government for building in a commitment to, and the means of achieving, a substantial part of that. We would like more to be dualled, but that is a very significant …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

"The Minister just mentioned the Bill’s relevance to the roads investment strategy, which I take to include the dualling of a large part of the A1 in my constituency. Am I right in thinking that the mechanism in the Bill gives some assurance that future Governments will have an obligation …..."
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Written Question
Campaign for Better Transport
Tuesday 9th December 2014

Asked by: Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for Scarborough and Whitby, has responded to the letter of 28 October 2014 from the Campaign for Better Transport; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Claire Perry

A response to the letter from Campaign for Better Transport sent on 28 October 2014 to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for Scarborough and Whitby; was sent on 26 November 2014 by myself, as Minister responsible for freight.

Written Question
East Coast Railway Line
Thursday 4th December 2014

Asked by: Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future of local rail services on the East Coast mainline in Northumberland.

Answered by Lord McLoughlin

Stagecoach and Virgin will make a number of improvements on the InterCity East Coast franchise as a whole and have committed to providing broadly the same level of service for Northumberland as today. Notably, connecting services with stations in Northumberland for the “Flying Scotsman” will be retained.