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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Nov 2017
Rail Update

"Will the Secretary of State tell us why he is not electrifying the midland main line even though every single business organisation, Member of Parliament and local council is telling him that that is what he should do? Why is he ignoring the wishes of local people and local representatives, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Nov 2016
Midland Main Line Electrification

"I thank the right hon. Lady for bringing this vital debate to the House. Does she share my concern—my constituents and lots of people along the midland main line share it—that the line is the poor relation of the rail network? If the Government have to find savings for investment …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Nov 2016
Midland Main Line Electrification

"The Minister has made some interesting comments, particularly about the line from St Pancras to Kettering and Corby. Can he, in a nutshell, tell me and the House what he is saying about the Government’s commitment to investment in the electrification of the line from Kettering and Corby to Sheffield, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Nov 2016
Midland Main Line Electrification

"And Leicester, of course...."
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Written Question
Midland Main Railway Line: Electrification
Monday 29th June 2015

Asked by: Lord Coaker (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the electrification of the Midland Mainline; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Claire Perry

We are pausing electrification works on Midland Mainline pending the proposals we have commissioned from Sir Peter Hendy in the autumn for how the rail upgrade programme will be carried out. On the Midland Mainline, better services can be delivered on that line before electrification using capacity and speed improvement works. The progress already made to enable the electrification of the Midland Mainline includes detailed design, bridge construction and some of the piling for overhead masts. This work will assist with our future plans for the electrification of the route.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Dec 2010
Winter Weather

"When the right hon. Gentleman speaks to Mr Quarmby, will he make sure that his review looks not only at strategic routes but at the gritting of local and side roads? Last winter, many of my constituents were trapped in their homes. They were told that that was because the …..."
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