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HANSARDZero-emission BusesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough…21 May 2024HANSARDReliability of Rail ServicesIs it the case that train operating companies stand ready to invest significantly to improve passenger journeys, but a disincentive is the break clause in current contracts? Ahead…16 May 2024HANSARD Passport e-Gates Network OutageMay I press the Minister a little further on the reliability of the airports’ contingency plans when we have failures such as this one? As he has alluded to, this is not the first…08 May 2024HANSARD Future of Rail ManufacturingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I add my congratulations to my comrade from the Transport Committee, the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris),…23 Apr 2024HANSARDRail Manufacturing: Job LossesI am pleased that the Secretary of State and the Minister are taking charge of negotiations with Alstom, Hitachi and others. I appreciate that as commercially sensitive…16 Apr 2024HANSARDNational Networks National Policy StatementIt is a pleasure to make a short contribution to this debate. As the Minister alluded to, the Transport Committee conducted the scrutiny of the draft national networks NPS. We…26 Mar 2024HANSARDRail ServicesThe recent Budget contains welcome additional funding for east-west rail. What are the Minister’s intentions for that additional funding? May I suggest that he work with the…21 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]rose —05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I want to build on the question from the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) about the situation where a driver is in control of the car at some point and at other points the…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]It is a great pleasure to be able to contribute to this debate. I should flag that the Transport Committee conducted an extensive inquiry on self-driving vehicles and published…05 Mar 2024HANSARD Milton Keynes Women’s and Children’s Hospital: New Hospital ProgrammeMy hon. Friend makes an important point that the hospital is there for Milton Keynes, but it is also there for the surrounding areas, including towns such as Buckingham and…25 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkThe recent flooding has caused significant disruption to parts of the national rail network. Will the Minister ask the Environment Agency to step up its work with Network Rail to…08 Jan 2024HANSARDAirport Security Scanners12. What recent discussions he has had with airport operators on the introduction of new security scanners by June 2024.14 Dec 2023HANSARDAirport Security ScannersI am grateful to the Minister for his answer, and I welcome him to his new role. This new technology will greatly improve passenger experience at airport security. For example, it…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Refurbishing Trains: ContractsI know that the Minister is a great advocate of the work of the Transport Committee, and I strongly urge him to look at the transcript of the evidence we received yesterday from…07 Dec 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressMy right hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and I take this opportunity to add my congratulations to him on a superb opening speech in the King’s Speech debate. He is…07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Ian Blackford). We do not often agree on issues, but if I may say so, his points about Ukraine were…07 Nov 2023HANSARDNetwork North and HS2 Phase 2: Comparative AssessmentIn a recent episode of the “Green Signals” podcast, the former chair of the Strategic Rail Authority, Sir Richard Bowker, claimed that no Government included in the business case…26 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his statement. My Committee colleagues and I will want to scrutinise a number of the measures in depth when he appears before us in a…16 Oct 2023HANSARD West Coast Main Line FranchiseAs a regular user of Avanti services, I agree that the performance has improved markedly and I pay tribute to the new managing director, Andy Mellors, and his team for turning…19 Sept 2023