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HANSARDRailways Bill (Eleventh sitting)This question is possibly better directed at the Minister, but does my hon. Friend think that the clause might be so restrictive because, in truth, the Government do not really…05 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Eleventh sitting)I note the Minister’s assertion that there is no intention to squeeze out other operators, but given the way in which the Bill and the clause are drafted, that surely is an…05 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Twelfth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I have a short point to make. The Minister seems to be saying that it is important to restrict an appeals process to…05 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Twelfth sitting)Channel your inner Jerome!05 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonMy hon. Friend is making a powerful, wide-ranging speech, and I am sure that more details will come out. Does it not come down to the fact that the Prime Minister appointed Peter…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonIs it not shocking that the Prime Minister not only appointed Peter Mandelson knowing his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, but today has sought to deflect, cover up and table an…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonPerhaps I can rephrase the question asked by the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (Peter Prinsley). How was the Prime Minister to know that the famous serial liar…04 Feb 2026HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. I associate myself with all the wide-ranging arguments made by my hon. Friend the shadow Minister about this piece of…03 Feb 2026HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026I welcome the offer to meet, and I wish to take the Minister up on it. As he will know, the hybrid vessel he refers to that travels across the Solent has electric capability, but…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Tenth sitting)I do not wish to interrupt the shadow Minister mid-flow, but I hope the Government will take on board his amendments and new clause. If they do not, perhaps they might like to…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Ninth sitting)The Minister says Great British Railways, not the Department for Transport, will run the railways. He says that is different from the set-up for the Department of Health and…03 Feb 2026HANSARD Transport in the South-EastIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I congratulate the hon. Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller) on introducing this important debate. I have a…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Last year, the Government sold off our fishing rights in return for access to the EU’s Security Action for Europe defence fund, but they did not get a penny in return. The…02 Feb 2026HANSARDHospitality Sector8. What steps his Department is taking to support the hospitality sector.29 Jan 2026HANSARDHospitality SectorWhat the Minister does not say is that the Government have also taxed those businesses and made it harder to employ people, which is why there are 100,000 fewer people working in…29 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Seventh sitting)I do. It is not difficult for me to agree and accept that the way Wightlink, which was part of British Rail, was dealt with was more than a missed opportunity; it was a bad…29 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Member for his apology, if that is what that was; it is accepted. My argument for integration between rail and all modes of transport, although I will use ferries…29 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Eighth sitting)When the Minister talks about wasting money on people being employed to argue with each other about who is to blame, I think of what his colleagues are doing in the Department of…29 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I want to speak in support of amendment 137, in the name of the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage, and amendment…29 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, which contains more detail than the Government’s contribution. In a nutshell, is the fundamental problem not that when we give away…28 Jan 2026