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HANSARDRailways Bill (Ninth sitting)I am wholly unpersuaded. The Minister did his best, but he cannot hide from the huge disparity between setting up a stand-alone arm’s length business, which is meant to run itself…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Ninth sitting)It is extraordinary that the Government say, on the one hand, that age and disability need to be included in primary legislation, but on the other hand that it is totally…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Ninth sitting)The clause requires GBR to provide a discount fare scheme for passengers who are “young, elderly or disabled”—that is it—to ensure they can access cheaper rail fares and tickets.…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Ninth sitting)I was 23 at the time, and I certainly was not following every clause of the 1993 Act as it went through the House—I accept that that shows a shocking lack of dedication to my…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 45, in clause 33, page 18, line 9, leave out subsections (1) and (2). This amendment removes the Secretary of State’s ability to give directions and set…03 Feb 2026 Bills sponsored (2)