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HANSARD Water Companies: Regulation and Financial StabilityThank you for calling me, Mr Pritchard. It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) on…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Water Companies: Regulation and Financial StabilityI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Indeed, Northumbrian Water is not alone. Across the industry, financial mismanagement has gone hand in hand with environmental…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Bus FranchisingI welcome the statement and draw to the Minister’s attention the Transport Committee report, “Bus services in England outside London”, which was produced under the chairmanship of…09 Sept 2024HANSARDTransportI will not detain the House too long— [ Interruption. ] Hooray! I just want to make a couple of points. As the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire (Greg…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI thank the Secretary of State for this statement. I also have constituents who are affected and I am grateful for the information about the appeals system. What steps are…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillI completely agree with the basis of my right hon. Friend’s argument for ending the offshoring of jobs, energy assets and employment opportunities. Almost all solar panels are…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillOn impact assessments and how we can have confidence that DOHL will improve performance, we can look at past performance. I remind the shadow Minister that the operator of last…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI start by declaring an interest. I am proud of the fact that I am a trade unionist and have strong links to the transport unions, particularly Unite, the National Union of Rail,…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillAbsolutely. If ever there was a charge of political dogma to be made, it must be about the fact that, under the terms of the privatisation, the British taxpayer and the British…03 Sept 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillCongratulations on your election, Madam Deputy Speaker. I declare an interest, as I have a long association of mutual support and respect with the transport unions, particularly…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillThe hon. Gentleman is presenting an interesting proposal. He has talked of “evidence”. If we look back over the past few years, we see that 70% of train operating companies…29 Jul 2024HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Instruction) (No. 3)I will give way one more time, very briefly.21 May 2024HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Instruction) (No. 3)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that perfectly reasonable point. Indeed, it is certainly true of requests for variations to traffic in locations of construction sites and so…21 May 2024HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Instruction) (No. 3)My goodness, that is a complicated intervention—I am not sure that I am suitably qualified to answer it. I just thought that I might share some of my thoughts having served on the…21 May 2024HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Instruction) (No. 3)As well as having served on the hybrid Bill Committee, I serve on the Transport Committee, and part of that Committee’s duties is to scrutinise HS2 and hold the Rail Minister, who…21 May 2024HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Instruction) (No. 3)Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker—I will respect your wishes. I had not intended to speak in the debate, so I apologise for being late. I serve on the House of Commons…21 May 2024HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Instruction) (No. 3)I will, but I am conscious of time.21 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Yesterday, hundreds of RMT members at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service took industrial action over their pay, which has fallen behind by 36% in real terms, allowing for…20 May 2024HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeI am grateful to the Minister for giving way again—I do not mean to be a nuisance, I promise. It is all very well for Ashfield, which has had £200 million or £300 million.…16 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsHow reliable are the key performance indicators that the train operators are quoting, which the Rail Minister mentioned earlier? The Disability News Service reports that train…16 May 2024