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HANSARDRail StrikesI pay tribute to the workers on the railway who kept things running, with a lot of taxpayers’ cash, during the pandemic. The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about that,…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesMy rail commuting friend makes an excellent point. Every person in this country will want to know and understand how MPs have voted in this place tonight. It matters to them and…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI beg to move, That this House recognises the vital role of the railways in supporting people and businesses across the UK every day; condemns the decision of the rail unions to…15 Jun 2022HANSARDWilliams-Shapps Plan for Rail: Public ConsultationToday, my department launches a public consultation on the primary legislative changes required to deliver structural reform of our railways. This follows publication of the…09 Jun 2022HANSARDUnion Connectivity Review: UpdateThe UK Government are grateful to Sir Peter Hendy for his Union connectivity review. We are considering his recommendations carefully, and have been working with the Scottish…26 May 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the reputation of P&O Ferries being ripped to shreds in 14 days in a way that I cannot think of with any company in corporate history. It…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesI have taken a lot of legal advice in the last 10 days to two weeks, and we simply have not found the power to exist in the form that the right hon. Gentleman describes. Maritime…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesI thank my hon. Friend for her incredible input into this. In Dover, she is right at the frontline of any impacts when ferries are not running. Her contribution, assistance and…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The second item that I announced backs up what has already been happening with the MCA looking at those ships carefully, and that will…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesYes, that is certainly something we are considering. I thank my hon. Friend for his work, and that of his Select Committee and the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, which…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesI thank the hon. Lady because throughout this crisis she has been very proactive in getting in contact and providing additional ideas and thoughts, many of which have entered into…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesBriefly, I thank the hon. Gentleman. I mentioned that I will be working with the International Labour Organisation, but I will also be working with the International Maritime…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesMadam Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a statement on P&O Ferries. Last week, I stood at this Dispatch Box to address the House on the shameful sacking of 800 seafarers by P&O…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesThe hon. Lady will be interested to hear that I have considered an operator of last resort model. What happens at sea is somewhat different from what happens on the railways by…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesI should say to the hon. Gentleman that the detail on that was set out by the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, my hon. Friend the Member for…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesAs I prefaced, I am hugely grateful to the hon. Gentleman. He has provided contacts, knowledge, expertise and experience through the last week and a half, as we have been…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesI think what really set this case apart was the way in which the boss of P&O brazenly wanted to break the law, admits to breaking the law and says he will do it again, so the…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesYes.30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesIt may be helpful to the hon. Gentleman and the whole House if I place in the Library the letters that will go out immediately with this statement to the Maritime and Coastguard…30 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I place on record that she, as a former employment lawyer, has been incredibly helpful throughout this process, as have many other hon.…30 Mar 2022