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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2016
Transport and Local Infrastructure

"Will the Secretary of State give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2016
Transport and Local Infrastructure

"I am grateful to the Secretary of State. Does he recognise that one of the barriers to gaining employment is sometimes the infrastructure needed to get from where one lives to where one wants to work? In that vein, does he recall standing on the platform at the former Edwinstowe …..."
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Written Question
Railway Stations: Disability
Tuesday 3rd March 2015

Asked by: Mark Spencer (Conservative - Sherwood)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway stations in (a) Nottinghamshire, (b) England and (c) the UK are not compliant with disability access guidelines and requirements.

Answered by Claire Perry

Information on the accessibility of individual railway stations is collected by the Rail Delivery Group and published as part of the Stations Made Easy facility on the National Rail Enquiries website at:

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/default.aspx


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Nov 2014
Local Bus Services

"The hon. Lady will recognise that there is a great deal of cross-party agreement about the need for bus services and their importance, but I hope she will also recognise the importance of rail services, which might be able to take off some of the pressure on the bus routes …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Nov 2014
Local Bus Services

"A number of cities have gone down the route of having trams, such as Edinburgh, Nottingham and Sheffield, but they are very expensive. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that that money would have been better spent on supporting local bus services, which, of course, can vary or change their route …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Nov 2014
Local Bus Services

"Is the Minister aware that Labour-controlled Nottinghamshire county council is about to cut £720,000 from its bus budget? What impact will that have on people in north Nottinghamshire and the coalfields who are trying to get access to employment?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Oct 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for recently visiting Sherwood and looking at the case for extending the Robin Hood line to Ollerton and Edwinstowe. Will she continue to support that project and give us advice on how to further it in the near future?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jan 2014
Nottingham to Lincoln Railway Line

"I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate and on the campaign to improve links between Nottingham, Newark and Lincoln. Does he recognise that throughout Nottinghamshire rail links are not particularly good, and that villages such as Edwinstowe and Ollerton could benefit a great deal should rail links be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jan 2014
Nottingham to Lincoln Railway Line

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way; he is being generous with his time. He makes a strong economic case, but does he also recognise the social and well-being benefits that extra travel and ability to travel will bring to many constituencies and constituents?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jan 2014
Nottingham to Lincoln Railway Line

"The Minister is making a powerful case for the amount of money that the Government are spending in the east midlands, but I hope he accepts that most of the projects that he mentioned are on north-south routes—it is on east-west routes that we face the challenge...."
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