Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Euan Stainbank Excerpts
Thursday 22nd January 2026

(1 day, 13 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Thomas-Symonds Portrait Nick Thomas-Symonds
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To be frank, when we have the final negotiation and the legal text I will of course be willing to appear before the Select Committee at the appropriate moment. If the hon. Gentleman looks at how many Select Committees I have appeared before, in this place and in the Lords, he will find that it is a very high number.

Euan Stainbank Portrait Euan Stainbank (Falkirk) (Lab)
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The 10-year bus pipeline is yet to be published, and a media report about the investigation by the National Cyber Security Centre and the Department for Transport into kill switches suggests that 700-plus Chinese buses on British roads have remote disabling technology. Can the Minister confirm whether the Government are delaying the publication of the 10-year bus pipeline until the report on Chinese kill switches is concluded?

Dan Jarvis Portrait Dan Jarvis
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I believe that my hon. Friend has had a meeting with a Transport Minister to discuss these matters, but I would be very happy to discuss them with him further.