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HANSARDTransport for the NorthLast Thursday, the day on which the integrated rail plan was announced to the House, I met many board members of Transport for the North to discuss the plans. We are keen to…24 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport for the NorthTransport for the North has never been a delivery body, it is not a delivery body, and it is not becoming a delivery body. Opposition Members seem to get hot under the collar…24 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport for the NorthI am sure that the rail Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris), will have heard the hon. Gentleman’s pitch on behalf of his constituents. Of…24 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport for the NorthThe right hon. Gentleman again makes a compelling case for the Leamside line. Many colleagues across the House, and many of the regional stakeholders in the north-east that I talk…24 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport for the NorthThe hon. Gentleman is going to see over the coming years an acceleration of investment in the midlands and the north and a rebalancing of some of our investment programmes.…24 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport for the NorthDear oh dear, Madam Deputy Speaker. We are getting on with investing and levelling up the north-east of England. We are reopening the Northumberland line; we already have new…24 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport for the NorthNo, I do not. I look forward to continuing to work with Mayor Rotheram and local stakeholders to ensure we deliver the transformational improvements to Liverpool that are…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Points of Orderindicated assent.24 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport for the NorthTransport for the North is a sub-national transport body. Its statutory role, as set out in legislation, is to provide a strategic transport plan for the region and to provide…24 Nov 2021HANSARDRoad Traffic Offences: Fatal CollisionsI thank my hon. Friend for that point—I hope he will bear with me, as I will come to that in more detail. Like other hon. Members, I know the strength of feeling in my own…15 Nov 2021HANSARDRoad Traffic Offences: Fatal CollisionsAs the right hon. Gentleman said, the Government committed to carry out this review of road traffic offences in 2014. A review of the most serious offences was carried out in…15 Nov 2021HANSARDRoad Traffic Offences: Fatal CollisionsThat is something that the Department has been looking at, and that Baroness Vere, the Roads Minister, has been talking to families about. We are keen to see more evidence on the…15 Nov 2021HANSARDRoad Traffic Offences: Fatal CollisionsIt is unwise for Ministers to comment on prosecutorial or judicial decisions. I was reading this week about a case just outside my constituency where somebody who had failed to…15 Nov 2021HANSARDRoad Traffic Offences: Fatal CollisionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I thank the hon. Member for Neath (Christina Rees) for opening this petitions debate relating to road traffic…15 Nov 2021HANSARDEast to West Chesterfield Cycle RouteIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies, and I start by thanking the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins) for raising this important issue. May I also…09 Nov 2021HANSARDRail Investment in the North: Levelling UpMy hon. Friend continues to make a powerful case for his constituency and investment in local transport schemes. As he knows, I have family ties with Ferryhill—my father was born…04 Nov 2021HANSARDRail Investment in the North: Levelling UpLet us not pretend that we are not getting on with the job of investing in the north of England. We have invested £29 billion in northern transport since 2010, and in the Budget…04 Nov 2021HANSARDRail Investment in the North: Levelling UpThe hon. Gentleman will know that I know Bradford well, as I represent a constituency just down the road, on the sunny side of the hills. The Government are committed to…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady tempts me to speculate on the contents of the integrated rail plan. As I said in response to the hon. Member for Bradford East (Imran Hussain), she will have to wait…04 Nov 2021HANSARDEast Birmingham Tram LineThanks to our hard-working Mayor, Andy Street, diggers are in the ground for the very first part of the East Birmingham tram line, to Digbeth from the city centre. We just…04 Nov 2021