Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Avanti West Coast Contract Renewal
"I am grateful to the Minister for meeting me a week ago today to discuss Avanti West Coast services to north Wales. He knows that those remain abysmal. Whereas there are normally six direct services a day, there is now just one, if it is not cancelled. What assurances has …..."James Davies - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 18th October 2022
Asked by:
James Davies (Conservative - Vale of Clwyd)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of days that Avanti staff worked on previously booked rest days between June and August 2022.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Department does not hold this information across all staff grades at Avanti West Coast (AWC).
On 30 July 2022, AWC experienced a near total cessation of drivers volunteering to work passenger trains on rest days. As noted by Avanti in its stakeholder bulletin of 8 August, it had regularly and reliably seen approximately 400 services a week worked by drivers on their rest day. This figure fell suddenly by 90 per cent.
Daily driver rest day working has remained minimal since then.
Written Question
Tuesday 18th October 2022
Asked by:
James Davies (Conservative - Vale of Clwyd)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds data on how many and what proportion of staff have regularly worked on their rest days per quarter over the last three years in (a) each train operating company and (b) Avanti.
Answered by Kevin Foster
It is the responsibility of train operating companies to ensure they have adequate staffing to resource their operations.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill
"It is a pleasure to speak on the Bill’s Second Reading and to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Heywood and Middleton (Chris Clarkson). It goes without saying that improving connectivity across the whole UK is fundamental to the Government’s levelling-up agenda. HS2 can promote growth across the country, …..."James Davies - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill
"I thank the hon. Member for that intervention. A huge amount of work has certainly been done with the campaign organisation Growth Track 360, which is looking at that. There is an amazing graphical interpretation to be found online of how it might look, with the train passing Conwy castle; …..."James Davies - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill
"Yes, work has been done by Growth Track 360 and others to look at improvements that could be made to the regional economy. Tourism, as my hon. Friend says, is right at the top. So many people in the north-west, the west midlands and further afield would visit north Wales …..."James Davies - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill
"My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that is what Sir Peter Hendy looked at in his Union connectivity review, which makes that point about the links across the UK, to Ireland and to the continent.
By investing in the improvements that I have outlined, we can prepare the ground …..."James Davies - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill
"That is a valid point. I do not have the detail of other airports and the value that they are destined to derive from HS2. Clearly, Manchester international airport is a busy and successful one, and perhaps it can contribute towards the costs. It needs to be closely involved in …..."James Davies - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Jan 2022
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill
"It is a privilege to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley North (Marco Longhi). I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) on his work on the Bill over a considerable number of weeks, and I am pleased to speak in support of its Third …..."James Davies - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Jan 2022
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill
"Indeed. It is true that those with multiple vehicles stand to be punished even more if the Bill does not pass—my hon. Friend is quite right.
My constituent Andrew Wilde wrote to me earlier this week. His whole family are motorsport enthusiasts—in fact, he is a member of the North …..."James Davies - View Speech
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