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HANSARDRailway Station Ticket OfficesThat is exactly what we want to see. We want people who are multiskilled and able to clear the platform of snow, help passengers with reduced mobility and sell tickets. I am not…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRailway Station Ticket OfficesMy Lords, the Government regularly hold meetings with rail passenger groups and other stakeholders, including the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee. Retail and…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRailway Station Ticket OfficesMy noble friend is quite right. Huw Merriman MP has taken over as the new Rail Minister. If I may, I will just plug the meeting I have arranged with the Rail Minister tomorrow at…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRailway Station Ticket OfficesMaybe we are headed towards the ways of ticket office workers. Who knows? I very much hope not.13 Dec 2022HANSARDRailway Station Ticket OfficesI can reassure the noble Lord that we are absolutely focused on making sure that every single passenger, whether they have reduced mobility or not, gets the service that they need…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRailway Station Ticket OfficesMy Lords, driver-only operations have been around since about the 1980s. It is certainly not a new concept. Over half of passengers who use the railways are on trains where…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRailway Station Ticket OfficesIt is up to the train operating companies, which operate the ticket offices, to think about the best way to manage their resources—including people—to serve customers better. I…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRailway Station Ticket OfficesA voice behind me said, “Including passengers”, but let us not go there. I will take that back to my department.13 Dec 2022HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 31 October be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 6 December.13 Dec 2022HANSARDRailway Station Ticket OfficesWhen it comes to the railway, DfT Ministers have front of mind the impact on passengers of recent disruption, and value for money for all taxpayers. The railway has lost 20% of…13 Dec 2022HANSARDSouth Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Transfer of Functions) Order 2023My Lords, I am grateful to both noble Lords for their contributions to this short debate. I hope I was able to warn the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, in my opening remarks that this…13 Dec 2022HANSARDSouth Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Transfer of Functions) Order 2023I beg to differ with the noble Lord on this matter. The people of the constituent local authorities can of course take it up with Mayor Coppard, as the elected mayor. The local…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRailway Station Ticket OfficesI think the noble Lord sort of makes my point for me. I agree with him that people need help, but it may not just be about buying a ticket and that person does not necessarily…13 Dec 2022HANSARDSouth Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Transfer of Functions) Order 2023My Lords, this draft order was laid before Parliament on 8 November. It is solely concerned with the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive and the South Yorkshire Mayoral…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRailway Station Ticket OfficesI can absolutely confirm all those things. This is not one central consultation. The train operating company that operates a ticket office will engage with passenger groups and,…13 Dec 2022HANSARDSouth Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Transfer of Functions) Order 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Transfer of Functions) Order 2023.13 Dec 2022HANSARDRail Strikes: Impact AssessmentMy Lords, let us focus a little on the railway workers themselves. I have the utmost respect for the work that they do. During the pandemic, the Government supported the rail…08 Dec 2022HANSARDRail Strikes: Impact AssessmentMy noble friend is of course completely right. As the frequency of strikes has increased as we head towards Christmas, and of course over the special period that is Christmas…08 Dec 2022HANSARDRail Strikes: Impact AssessmentMy noble friend raises a very important point here, because the Christmas period is always a time when the rail sector endeavours to make important improvements, such as the one…08 Dec 2022HANSARDRail Strikes: Impact AssessmentIt is no secret at all that the Government work with the train operating companies and Network Rail to shape these deals. Why on earth would it be a secret? It is indeed the…08 Dec 2022