Written Question
Friday 8th September 2023
Asked by:
Brandon Lewis (Conservative - Great Yarmouth)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of proposed closures of station ticket offices in (a) Great Yarmouth and (b) other coastal towns on the tourism sector in those areas.
Answered by Huw Merriman
Train operators are responsible for deciding how to ensure sufficient access to ticketing services at their stations, including at those in coastal towns or other popular tourist areas. Train operators have chosen to do this in different ways, or example, some operators have proposed to retain ticket offices at the largest stations, whereas others have proposed to provide new mobile equipment to station staff so that they can sell tickets as required.
Together with industry, we want to improve and modernise the passenger experience by moving staff out from ticket offices to provide more help and advice in customer focused roles. No currently staffed station will be unstaffed as a result of industry changes, and train operators will ensure staff are well located to meet passenger needs in future.
Written Question
Thursday 8th December 2022
Asked by:
Brandon Lewis (Conservative - Great Yarmouth)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential economic benefits of dualling the A47 (a) in its entirety and (b) Acle Straight.
Answered by Richard Holden
- Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
The A47 in East Anglia has and continues to receive significant investment as part of the first and second Road Investment Strategies. National Highways is finalising its route strategies that will inform the third Road Investment Strategy beyond 2025. Further investment along this corridor will be considered principally within the East of England route strategy. The route strategies for RIS3 will be published in early 2023.
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Transport and Local Infrastructure
"It is my great pleasure to deliver the closing remarks in today’s debate. It is also nice to see the shadow Housing Minister in the Chamber, taking an interest. Given his absence throughout much of our deliberations on the Housing and Planning Act 2016 in the previous Session, I wondered …..."Brandon Lewis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2016
Transport and Local Infrastructure
"I am slightly surprised, if not disappointed, by the hon. Lady’s slightly snipey intervention, because I have not finished mentioning what Members spoke about. If she had paid more attention when she was speaking, she would have seen that I listened to everything she said, particularly about the pensions Bill. …..."Brandon Lewis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2016
Transport and Local Infrastructure
"We need to work across the piece not only on building new homes but on the better care fund, social services, the No Second Night Out campaign and our extra investment in homelessness. So ultimately, yes, we will have done our job to the best of our ability when we …..."Brandon Lewis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2016
Transport and Local Infrastructure
"Actually, the Labour party did not vote or even call a vote on the neighbourhood planning third-party right of appeal. The hon. Gentleman might like to check back and see how that issue played out. What we want to ensure, through the Bill, is that there is no need for …..."Brandon Lewis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2016
Transport and Local Infrastructure
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2016
Transport and Local Infrastructure
"I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman was present for the first part of my speech, but I made it very clear that yes, we have an ambition to deliver a million homes during the current Parliament.
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Apr 2012
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Apr 2012
Oral Answers to Questions
"Does the Minister agree that devolving funding for major local transport schemes, such as improvements to the A47 in Norfolk, will give local communities more say on what they need, particularly by using local enterprise partnerships and bringing together businesses and local authorities with a clear understanding and focus on …..."Brandon Lewis - View Speech
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