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HANSARD Railways BillNext year the right hon. Gentleman’s constituents will have their fares frozen for the first time in 30 years. Under the last Government, fares went up by 60% between 2010 and…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillThe passenger watchdog will be able to look at patterns, and will have the power to compel GBR and operators to provide information to it, and it can make recommendations to the…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillI will make some progress. The Government have already begun the work of change. We passed the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act last November, which began the…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillDecisions about open access services, under the current model, are for the Office of Rail and Road to take. Network Rail supported the service that the right hon. Gentleman…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his remarks, and for the tone in which he has made them. I put on record my thanks to Scottish Minister Fiona Hyslop and the Welsh…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillI do agree. That needs to be a priority, and it will be at the heart of what GBR does. For too long, the railways have been a source of national parody rather than national…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillMy hon. Friend makes a compelling case, which has also been put to me by Mayor Tracy Brabin and the leader of Bradford council, Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe. I hope to say more…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillMy hon. Friend is completely right to highlight that. The travelling public want their journeys to be convenient and easy, and the roll-out of pay-as-you-go and contactless…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillI would be very happy to ask the rail Minister to meet my hon. Friend to have that discussion. One of the other biggest concerns of passengers is the baffling array of fares and…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillI will make progress; I will give way some more in a minute. We have to be honest about the state of our railways; they are still a bit of a mess. Underlying structural problems,…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillI give way to the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts), who has tried to get in a number of times.09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillI would be happy to arrange that meeting. This issue was raised with me when I visited Norwich, on the day that Greater Anglia transferred into public ownership. As my hon. Friend…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillI am very keen to maintain the excellent standards of safety on the railways. If we do not, I will be failing in my responsibility as Secretary of State. I am aware of the…09 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am not going to give way. Budgets are about choices, and I know that not everyone agrees with our decision to freeze rail fares. Indeed, just days before the Budget, I received…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIn the interests of time, I will not give way. It is because we understand what life is like for ordinary people that we have taken decisions in this Budget to provide real help…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a privilege to respond to today’s debate on the Budget. We have heard some excellent contributions from many colleagues, particularly those on this side of the House, and I…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will certainly undertake to have those conversations with colleagues.01 Dec 2025HANSARDAirports National Policy Statement: HeathrowFurther to my oral statement to the House on 22 October, I am writing to update the House on the Government’s decision to identify the scheme promoted by Heathrow Airport Ltd as…25 Nov 2025HANSARDMotoristsThis Government are on the side of drivers and are focused on making journeys safer and smoother, and saving motorists money. Over the past year alone, we have invested an extra…20 Nov 2025HANSARDMotoristsThere are no proposals to introduce a national pay-per-mile scheme. This Government are firmly on the side of drivers. As I have set out, we are pumping £24 billion of capital…20 Nov 2025