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Written Question
Railways: Passengers
Thursday 5th March 2015

Asked by: Tim Yeo (Conservative - South Suffolk)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the number of rail passenger journeys.

Answered by Claire Perry

In the first four years under this Government, passenger journeys increased by 26%. The number of journeys made on the rail network grew by 6% in 2013/14, and has more than doubled since privatisation.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

"I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and in particular to my interests in the energy industry.

I want to contribute briefly on the subject of shale gas and fracking, on which my Committee has reported twice, in 2011 and 2013. Those were two …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

"No, I will not support that. A moratorium would not serve Britain’s national interests.

Far from attacking the Government for rushing on this issue, our concern is that they have been going rather slowly. We could speed up the process of encouraging fracking, so that we can establish whether it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

"We should proceed as fast as possible, consistent with environmental safeguards, which the Government recognise to be essential.

Let me deal with this rather curious idea that allowing fracking somehow increases greenhouse gas emissions. It does nothing of the sort. It is common ground between supporters and opponents of fracking …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

"My hon. Friend is exactly right. I was very tempted to sign his new clauses on that point. Improving gas storage would not only greatly improve our energy security, but make it possible for some of the low-carbon, intermittent generating technologies, such as wind and solar, to be used much …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

"I do not entirely agree. The fall in gas consumption in the UK will not take it below the level at which we require imports. Even if gas consumption goes down, as the hon. Gentleman suggests, we will probably still import gas. For the reason I have just mentioned, if …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

"I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that extremely pertinent point.

We have probably all received a great many e-mails on the trespass issue. It is worth pointing out that the coal industry has enjoyed such a right for generations, and there seems to be no reason why it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

"I should now make progress, because other colleagues wish to speak, but I give way to my hon. Friend...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

"My hon. Friend makes a very important point. I am glad to have the opportunity to say how welcome he is as a resident in my constituency, where he has recently purchased a house. I assure him that any evidence of subsidence in his property will receive my close personal …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

"Is my hon. Friend aware that David MacKay, to whom the hon. Member for Cambridge (Dr Huppert) referred, also reported that carbon emissions from shale gas are lower than those from liquefied natural gas, and that because the most likely effect of developing our shale gas reserves will be to …..."
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