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Written Question
Railway Stations: Operating Costs
Monday 11th September 2023

Asked by: Chris Loder (Conservative - West Dorset)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has set targets for train operating companies to reduce operational costs for rail stations.

Answered by Huw Merriman

This is an industry-led process. The outcomes of the consultations will not be known until the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement process has been concluded.

Written Question
South Western Railway
Thursday 2nd March 2023

Asked by: Chris Loder (Conservative - West Dorset)

Question to the Department for Transport:

What assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending the South Western Railway contract on customers.

Answered by Huw Merriman

The impact on customers is the primary consideration in the award of National Rail Contracts. Having considered all options available to us, this extension provides the best outcome for customers in the South West of England and provides a bridge towards future Passenger Service Contracts under GBR.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Rail Cancellations and Service Levels

"I warmly welcome my hon. Friend’s work to facilitate the negotiations and encourage unions and rail providers to get to a deal that solves these issues. A month ago, however, the TUC paid fully for members of the shadow Cabinet to go to Madrid to get hints and tips from …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 01 Nov 2022
Draft Drivers' Hours, Tachographs, International Road Haulage and Licensing of Operators (Amendment) Regulations 2022

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is not just the Government’s responsibility but that of employers in the private sector to look after their staff and make sure that they have adequate staff to deliver the service required?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Sep 2022
Avanti West Coast

"I thank my hon. Friend for her statement to the House. Given that ASLEF, the train drivers’ union, has pumped in a quarter of a million pounds to the Labour party, does she also call on Opposition Members to condemn these strikes? Those who have a lot to say should …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"3. What steps he is taking to ensure the provision of bus services to rural areas that have not been successful in securing funding following the submission of a bus service improvement plan. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Dorset BSIP has returned no investment to rural Dorset. In the light of that, will the Minister consider giving Dorset Council the power to run its own services? Will she also consider enabling journeys using concessionary bus passes to attract the full commercial value of that journey to the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Rail Strikes

"Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the RMT has refused to come to speak to the Government? The only reason why the Secretary of State has received a letter from the general secretary of the RMT is that this very debate has been called in the House of Commons...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Rail Strikes

"I thank my hon. Friend, the excellent Rail Minister, for giving way. Does she agree, given that in 2018 the shadow Secretary of State stood on a platform and supported the RMT’s strikes for Northern Rail, that we will never see the Labour Front Bench condemn these strikes?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Rail Strikes

"My right hon. Friend is making a very profound speech—[Interruption.] The Opposition might not like it, but he is.

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the reason there is no chorus from the Opposition condemning these strikes is that the RMT is pouring hundreds of thousands …..."
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