Written Question
Thursday 13th October 2022
Asked by:
Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Southeastern Rail sought her Department's permission to reduce train services on the Bexleyheath and Sidcup lines prior to publishing its proposed new timetable.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The new timetable has a very similar number of train services to today on both of these routes.
Written Question
Thursday 13th October 2022
Asked by:
Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date Southeastern Rail informed her Department of its proposals to reduce trains from the Bexleyheath and Sidcup lines and remove destinations to London terminals from some of its services.
Answered by Kevin Foster
Discussions on the proposed timetable have been ongoing as passenger demand has evolved. The number of train services in the new timetable is broadly very similar to the current timetable on both of these routes.
Written Question
Thursday 13th October 2022
Asked by:
Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with Southeastern Rail on that operator's planned timetable changes.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Department has recently engaged on Southeastern’s proposed timetable changes.
Written Question
Thursday 13th October 2022
Asked by:
Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to urge Southeastern Rail to reverse its decision on the reduction of train services and removal of destinations on some of its lines in December 2022 and hold a full consultation with passengers on any proposed changes to those services.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The new timetable has a very similar number of train services to today but will be structured to better match space on trains with demand and therefore be more efficient.
Throughout the pandemic train operators have had to move at pace to re-write timetables and we are still coming out of a fluctuating situation with customer numbers. The Department for Transport has agreed to allow train operators to continue to implement, demand-led timetables without formal public consultations, during this period.
Ending First Class provision on Southeastern services is a move we endorse and will not implement a policy to reverse this change to services.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
Industrial Action on the Railway
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Rail Strikes
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Mar 2022
P&O Ferries
"The chief executive of P&O came into this place where the laws of the land are made and told us that he broke those laws in a premeditated way. He went on to compound the situation by showing scant regard for safety measures on his ships, resulting in their being …..."Clive Efford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
P&O Ferries and Employment Rights
"We all stand behind the P&O workers, because it is them today and it will be other workers tomorrow if we do not act. When, for so long, the Tories have stood against regulation that protects workers’ rights, and when they have pushed against the door of fire and rehire …..."Clive Efford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
P&O Ferries and Employment Rights
"The Secretary of State said that he did not know of P&O’s plans until 8.30 in the evening, but the shadow Secretary of State has indicated that the Government were aware of P&O’s plans before their public announcement. Can he confirm that that is the case, when that was, who …..."Clive Efford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Mar 2022
P&O Ferries
"Other trade unions will be looking on at this, thinking that it is P&O workers today, and, if this stands, it is their workers tomorrow. Some of us with long memories can remember other flashpoints in industrial relations, such as Grunwick and the miners’ strike, which became very big disputes …..."Clive Efford - View Speech
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