Railways Midlands - All Types

Deposited Papers

Apr. 25 2024

Found: Government’s Impact Assessment.2 Baroness Bennett ’s question concerned progress on Restorin g Your Railways

Lords Chamber
Transport System: Failings - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab - Life peer) with improving the railways by stimulating demand and reducing cost. - Speech Link
2: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) On the railways, it is interesting. - Speech Link
3: Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Lab - Life peer) He is a great expert on these matters.I will speak about railways. - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) We are continuing to deliver HS2 between London and the West Midlands, boosting economic growth, improving - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) lists, to deliver lower energy bills, to build more homes and, as we have set out today, to reform our railways - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Elsewhere, in the west midlands, Andy Street has been following Harlow’s example. - Speech Link

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024

Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)

Found: The Bill allows for operators contracted by Great British Railways to be exempt from it.

Westminster Hall
Future of Rail Manufacturing - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) The railways transformed Britain, enabling all social classes to travel further, and the network was - Speech Link
2: Paul Howell (Con - Sedgefield) Member for Easington has already said: the home of railways is the Stockton and Darlington railway in - Speech Link
3: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) East Midlands, Chiltern and CrossCountry are due to modernise their existing fleets. - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Department for Transport

Apr. 22 2024

Found: Rail vehicle dispensation: Porterbrook refurbished Class 170s for CrossCountry Trains and East Midlands

Commons Chamber
Midge Hall Railway Station - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Katherine Fletcher (Con - South Ribble) As the Minister well knows—he is a dedicated and passionate advocate of the railways—when Merseyrail - Speech Link
2: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) work he does in the same vein for his constituency.My Department prioritises investments in our roads, railways - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Rail Manufacturing: Job Losses - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) Where is the promised guiding mind that will end the railways’ chaotic fragmentation? - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) Southeastern, TransPennine and Chiltern railway lines, as well as procurements for fleet upgrades on East Midlands - Speech Link

Select Committee

RRB0066 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill

Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024

Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)

Found: necessary legislative foundations for an integrated rail body with franchising powers (Great British Railways

Select Committee

RRB0003 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill

Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024

Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)

Found: illustrate the point with regard to the Committee’s question on greater efficiency with the West Midlands