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HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesTo keep some structure to my speech, I will come later to a response that I hope will address that point about ensuring that passenger interaction remains, despite the changes.…13 Sept 2023HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesYes, even though I said I would not do so for a while.13 Sept 2023HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesI will make some progress and then I may have some time to take interventions. Together with the rail industry, we want to improve and modernise the experience for passengers by…13 Sept 2023HANSARDTransport updateI have been asked by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State to make this written ministerial statement. This statement confirms that it has been necessary to extend the…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket OfficeThere will of course be some members of staff who will not wish to make that journey, as their job changes to being multi-skilled and multifaceted within the station as opposed to…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket OfficeI will, and then I will make a little progress.20 Jul 2023HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket OfficeThe aim is a redeployment aim, as I understand it from the train operator, but I take the point with regard to hours. My hon. Friend will be aware that I just set out the process.…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket OfficeI hear my hon. Friend’s point. I refer, of course, to the fact that there is a consultation. I hope she appreciates the argument I am making that while the staff are there, if…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket OfficeThe London underground moved from having ticket-office staff to the type of model I am describing, and I do not believe there was any impact vis-à-vis antisocial behaviour. Again,…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket OfficeMy hon. Friend has made some good points today, including about the design process. I encourage hon. Members to continue to come up with the examples of where things need to work…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket OfficeI will give way one more time—my hon. Friend is working hard.20 Jul 2023HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket OfficeMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. It is certainly uppermost in my mind that there will need to be additional training. Forty-three per cent of all stations currently do not…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket OfficeI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Scunthorpe (Holly Mumby-Croft) on securing this debate on the proposals regarding the Scunthorpe station ticket office. Scunthorpe…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket OfficeI have stirred my hon. Friend the Member for Cleethorpes from his place.20 Jul 2023HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket OfficeIt is certainly the case that a number of stations are not part of the proposed closures. Just over 70 ticket offices will remain open. Another example is Manchester, where the…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Camp Hill Line Railway Stations, BirminghamI encouraged the hon. Member to rise to his feet to interrupt me, so I hope I am being generous in that regard. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Camp Hill Line Railway Stations, BirminghamObviously, this is a contribution made by the Department. As mentioned, my portfolio, which also includes HS2, is experiencing great challenge. There is a limited amount the…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Camp Hill Line Railway Stations, BirminghamI will make some progress first. The West Midlands Combined Authority and Birmingham City Council have also contributed funding toward the Camp Hill line stations, which I regard…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Camp Hill Line Railway Stations, BirminghamIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes. I congratulate the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hall Green (Tahir Ali) on securing this debate about the construction of…19 Jul 2023HANSARDIntegrated Rail Plan for the North and MidlandsThe Integrated Rail Plan, published in November 2021, set out a £96 billion investment to benefit the midlands and the north, the largest ever Government investment in the…17 Jul 2023