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HANSARDAvanti West CoastI am absolutely not blaming the workforce here. I have never said that I was, but the noble Baroness will be unsurprised to hear that I am putting a little blame at the door of…23 Mar 2023HANSARDAvanti West CoastThe right reverend Prelate is entirely right. That is one of the things on which we hold Avanti to account. Passenger experience is at the heart of what we want to do with our…23 Mar 2023HANSARDAvanti West CoastI am aware of some of the challenges of travelling down the west coast from Scotland. Many of them are due to infrastructure changes happening in the north of England. Sometimes…23 Mar 2023HANSARDAvanti West CoastAll train operating companies face financial penalties or financial jeopardy from their performance, as all train operating companies have performance fees. When the current…23 Mar 2023HANSARDAvanti West CoastThe current contract for TransPennine Express comes to an end on 28 May. It too is under a recovery plan, but TransPennine Express and Avanti have one thing in common that no…23 Mar 2023HANSARDAvanti West CoastI am delighted to be able to tell the noble Lord that currently 90% of Avanti trains arrive within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time. That is up from 75% in early…23 Mar 2023HANSARDAvanti West CoastThe Government are putting record investment into our railway infrastructure. There are two issues around infrastructure. The first is the long-term plans that need to be put in…23 Mar 2023HANSARDAvanti West CoastMy Lords, Avanti was awarded a six-month contract in October 2022 to provide the opportunity for its recovery plan to yield demonstrable improvements. It has done this, with…23 Mar 2023HANSARDAvanti West CoastI would be very happy to meet with the noble Lord to discuss Avanti, but I hope to offer him something slightly better—a meeting with the Rail Minister. I will extend that offer…23 Mar 2023HANSARDRail ServicesI am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Taylor and Lady Randerson, for their contributions to this Oral Statement repeat. To a certain extent I am always very sad when I do…21 Mar 2023HANSARDRail ServicesI am very happy to discuss what I know about it. Obviously, bonus payments are a matter for the companies themselves. They are not authorised by DfT or anything like that; it is a…21 Mar 2023HANSARDRail ServicesI will put that in writing. I have some data here on executive bonuses. The total amount for the executive team for the financial year to 31 March 2021—a little while ago, which…21 Mar 2023HANSARDRail ServicesI am struggling to understand the basis of the noble Lord’s question. What is happening is that the officials are working with the train operating companies and those companies…21 Mar 2023HANSARDRail ServicesAbsolutely. For the complete and utter avoidance of doubt, the Government are considering and will consider all options for both Avanti and TPE if they do not meet the required…21 Mar 2023HANSARDRail ServicesI am happy to do so but, given that I have a tiny bit of extra time, I will knock another one on the head. On the booking window, I agree that it is very important that passengers…21 Mar 2023HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful for the short contributions from both noble Baronesses today. I am relieved and grateful for the support of both Benches and I recognise the enormous…21 Mar 2023HANSARDRail ServicesI dispute that it appears to the public that not much is happening. I believe that the travelling public will have noticed the significant improvement in the train services. On…21 Mar 2023HANSARDRail ServicesThe noble Baroness is of course in an extremely privileged position in that she can table Oral Questions or ask me Parliamentary Written Questions whenever she likes. I would be…21 Mar 2023HANSARDRail ServicesIt is.21 Mar 2023HANSARDBus Industry SupportThe noble Baroness has written to me about this and I have responded. I cannot quite understand what might be going on in her area. It is fairly simple: if it is a Section 22…16 Mar 2023