Debates between Mike Reader and Jeff Smith during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between Mike Reader and Jeff Smith
Thursday 11th June 2026

(1 month, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Reader Portrait Mike Reader (Northampton South) (Lab)
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2. What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail services.

Jeff Smith Portrait Jeff Smith (Manchester Withington) (Lab)
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3. What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail services.

Keir Mather Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Keir Mather)
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Great British Railways will create a railway run by the people for the people, turning the tide on a decade of decline under the previous Government. Eighty per cent of the rail journeys that will ultimately be run by GBR are now being run by publicly owned operators, and we are already seeing more reliable services as a result.