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HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023Of course I pay tribute to everybody on the railway who takes safety so seriously, but it is fair to say that we had trade unions when we did not have such a safe railway, and we…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023Well, I am going into a lot of detail here, and that would ultimately be for a court to determine. I suppose the right hon. Gentleman is asking what happens if a person is known…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023What the right hon. Gentleman is describing is the calling of industrial action in the first place. The idea behind these regulations, of course, is that, when industrial action…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023I thank all right hon. and hon. Members for their points. I should start with the right hon. Member for Warley, given that I said I would come back to him. His question was along…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023I will not give way. I have been very generous with my time. It has been suggested that the regulations will just cause rail workers to go off sick. Obviously, that is a…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023I am not giving way. I said I would come back before the end of the debate on the points the right hon. Gentleman made. The regulations mean that train operators will be able to…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023My hon. Friend has said it, and obviously he has the experience to do so. It is a fair point that needs to be considered. Through the regulations, we are taking a proportionate…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023The key is to ensure that those individuals have the right to go to work. It may be asked, “Why don’t you ban zero-hours contracts?”. I am pleased to hear that that is now Labour…27 Nov 2023HANSARDTransportI just do not accept that at all. I gave a run through of a list of the £36 billion that is being put back into local projects, including £1.8 billion extra for the north-east.…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTransportI just do not accept that at all. I gave a run through of a list of the £36 billion that is being put back into local projects, including an increase in funding for the north-east…20 Nov 2023HANSARDHS2 Six-monthly Report to Parliament: November 2023Review of High Speed 2 (HS2) including programme update, benefits, local community impact and engagement, land and property, programme governance and a forward look. Overview The…15 Nov 2023HANSARDPassenger Rail: Minimum Service LevelsI am pleased to inform the House of the laying of The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023 before Parliament, following publication of the…08 Nov 2023HANSARDRoadsI have been asked by the Secretary of State for Transport, my right hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper), to make this written statement. This statement confirms…08 Nov 2023HANSARDTransport Projects: East of EnglandThe Network North announcement included commitments to rail improvements at Ely and Haughley junctions, which is a key priority for the east and also for railfreight. We are also…26 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI just do not accept that at all. I gave a run through of a list of the £36 billion that is being put back into local projects, including £1.8 billion extra for the north-east.…26 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for everything he does to push for more open access. It is something the Secretary of State and I are keen to do. I met this week with the Office of Rail…26 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt comes down to choices. We could have chosen to continue with HS2, which would not have delivered the value we need, with time overrunning, or we could have done as the Scottish…26 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be pleased to meet my hon. Friend and all right hon. and hon. Friends. The Department has been working with Transport for the North, Lancashire County Council and the…26 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will happily write to the hon. Lady with the details she requires, but I restate that it comes down to choices. The choice that this Government have made is to go forward with…26 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to meet my hon. Friend. Chalkwell, Ockendon and Southend East remain within the Access for All programme. We have delivered 230 stations and we will deliver those…26 Oct 2023