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HANSARDDorset Schools: Quality of Classrooms3. What steps he is taking to improve the quality of classrooms in schools in Dorset.04 Jul 2022HANSARDRural Bus ServicesThe Dorset BSIP has returned no investment to rural Dorset. In the light of that, will the Minister consider giving Dorset Council the power to run its own services? Will she also…30 Jun 2022HANSARDRural Bus Services3. What steps he is taking to ensure the provision of bus services to rural areas that have not been successful in securing funding following the submission of a bus service…30 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesMy right hon. Friend is making a very profound speech— [ Interruption. ] The Opposition might not like it, but he is. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the reason there is no…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I say to the hon. Lady, with the greatest respect—15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail Strikesrose —15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesDoes the hon. Gentleman agree, though, that the SNP Scottish Government have absolutely failed in managing the situation in Scotland? Only a week ago, the SNP said that it would…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesIt is absolutely right that the Government have brought this motion to the House of Commons today. I heard the cries of Labour in yesterday’s business statement not to bring the…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI concur with the hon. Gentleman that we should try to avoid these strikes, but could he help us to understand why the declaration of the intention to strike was made two days…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesFive members of Network Rail staff died on the tracks last year, with three of them being directly hit by trains. Does my hon. Friend agree it is right that the Government and…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is only the Secretary of State tabling this motion today that has forced the RMT to write to him to ask for a meeting in the first place?15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that the RMT has refused to come to speak to the Government? The only reason why the Secretary of State has received a letter from the general…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI thank my hon. Friend, the excellent Rail Minister, for giving way. Does she agree, given that in 2018 the shadow Secretary of State stood on a platform and supported the RMT’s…15 Jun 2022HANSARDInshore Fishing FleetI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) on securing this debate, which is important, particularly because it allows those of us who represent…14 Jun 2022HANSARD TransportI thank the hon. Gentleman. Rail operations in Scotland are, of course, delegated to the Scottish Government. The hon. Gentleman will know full well that there are great…19 May 2022HANSARD TransportWill the hon. Gentleman give way?19 May 2022HANSARD TransportIt is important that the House notes that the Labour Mayor of London required continual multibillion-pound bail-outs from this Conservative Government—funds that would otherwise…19 May 2022HANSARD TransportI thank the hon. Gentleman very much for giving way—I do appreciate it. Does he agree that some of the issues he highlights, which are affecting councils across the country, are…19 May 2022HANSARD TransportEven during the pandemic, over 18 months —this was even on the TfL website—there was an “extraordinary” funding settlement of £4 billion to bail out TfL because of some of the…19 May 2022