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HANSARDRailways Bill (First sitting)Q Mr Brown, how does the Bill reflect the failings that you highlighted in your review about a broken franchising system? Richard Brown: I did not actually say that franchising…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (First sitting)Q Do you agree that the accessibility duty, if combined with detailed targets in the business plan, will improve the whole system for disabled passengers? Emma Vogelmann: From our…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (First sitting)Q If those targets are in the business plan, they cannot just be ignored, can they? Alex Robertson: Absolutely not. The ORR will have a role to play in highlighting progress…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (First sitting)Q In your view, is anything missing from the Bill that you would have liked to have seen in it to enable that to happen? Alex Hynes: Not from my perspective. Obviously, the sooner…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q In the existing framework, open access applications are routinely refused due to lack of capacity, or perceived lack of capacity. That pitches passengers against freight all the…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q Are you saying that we do not need any changes in this area? Steve Montgomery: We can modify it, but we need that comfort that it will be evaluated fairly and not have the…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q I suppose the crux of this is: do you guys, with your organisations and trade bodies, believe that the creation of GBR will make things better going forward? I am thinking of…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (First sitting)As per the register of interests, I am a member of Unite the union and vice-chair of the APPG on rail.20 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksBrave Derby veterans have contacted me. Those who suffer from mental health or are recovering from PTSD are really concerned about the negative effect that fireworks have on their…19 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMany constituents tell me how fed up they are with the long waiting times for driving tests. By the time they secure a practical test, their theory certificate has expired,…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseEvery parking fine from rip-off private operators hurts drivers and our city centres, and Derby is no exception. Last October, Jumpin Fun play centre closed its doors for good…08 Jan 2026HANSARDFuel PovertyEveryone deserves a warm and safe place to call home, but for the 20% of families in Derby South who live in fuel poverty this week’s cold snap is a nightmare as they struggle to…06 Jan 2026HANSARDFuel Poverty11. What steps he is taking to help tackle fuel poverty.06 Jan 2026HANSARD Grassroots Cricket ClubsDoes the hon. Member agree that the work of fantastic charities such as Derbyshire Cricket Foundation is essential to nurturing the game from the ground up and ensuring that…16 Dec 2025HANSARDEducationFailed, humiliated and made to feel too much trouble for schools to look after—that is how one Derby mum says she and her son, who has cerebral palsy, felt when, after a…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillI refer the House to my interest as vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on rail. Rail is in Derby’s DNA. For decades, it has powered our community, moulded our economy…09 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyI welcome the strategy, which will mean that 5,500 children in Derby South will be lifted out of poverty. I particularly welcome changes around temporary accommodation. Does my…08 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWith winter setting in and thousands of Gazan children still acutely malnourished, will my right hon. Friend work with international partners so we can go further and faster to…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI welcome this Budget as it cracks on and delivers for our kids, for our NHS and for hard-working families up and down the country. Importantly, it also delivers for Derby. It is…01 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Earlier this year I met brilliant Derby apprentices at Alstom, who are building their futures as they build the future of our rail. However, persistently low start rates in…01 Dec 2025