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HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Absolutely. Lord Hendy mentioned in his testimony to the Transport Committee that upcoming elections in Scotland and at the Senedd in May will focus minds as those discussions…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you all very much for giving evidence today. Mr Morris, I will begin with you for the Siemens perspective. I have had the opportunity to visit your fantastic production…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. That is a really important piece of the puzzle. I suppose we have argued today that passenger growth is inherent to the functioning of GBR. If, through its duties,…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. I take your point about the long-term rail strategy having to offer that certainty, but the LTRS also has to be compatible with a set of duties that GBR is bound to…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q Forgive me. I suppose the point I am driving is that these are legal duties, and therefore the long-term rail strategy cannot be incompatible with them. Malcolm Brown: My…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Okay. Thank you very much.20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q To conclude with a broad-brush question, if we set up GBR with the ability to have an integrated view of the entire rail network, especially on a passenger basis, as an…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q That is a really important point that I will be certain to take away. Does anyone else have any observations? Rob Morris: To add to that, there should be a duty on GBR to engage…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you both so much for coming to give evidence. Mr Reeve, would you be able to speak to the overall level of working that has taken place between DFT, yourself and the…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q That is a really important point. To confirm that point, from your perspective, that specific duty is about essentially enabling you guys to be able to plan with certainty—I…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Absolutely. Thank you. Darren Caplan: My final point, to wrap this up, is that the Competition and Markets Authority civil engineering market study was published just last month.…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q Splendid. Thank you, Chair, and we eagerly await the rest of Jerome’s questions. Welcome to you all and thank you very much for coming in and giving evidence today. I want to…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Indeed, and many of them have similar aspirations around connectivity and growth. Mayor Burnham, was there anything you wanted to add before I hand back to Jerome? Andy Burnham: A…20 Jan 2026HANSARD Airport Drop-off ChargesI thank my hon. Friend for that contribution. In the time remaining, I want to turn to the actual operating model of these parking charges. Most UK airports are privately operated…13 Jan 2026HANSARD Airport Drop-off ChargesIt should be incumbent on all airports, including Manchester airport, to provide transparency, clarity and ease of access to information about parking charges, so I will happily…13 Jan 2026HANSARD Airport Drop-off ChargesAbsolutely. My hon. Friend raises an important point. There is a virtuous circle of economic prosperity to be created through multimodal access to airports. Rail provides an…13 Jan 2026HANSARD Airport Drop-off ChargesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton South and Walkden (Yasmin Qureshi) for securing this important debate. As she…13 Jan 2026HANSARD Airport Drop-off ChargesThat point is incredibly well made. Too often, when we discuss aviation policy in this place, we fail to recognise that the people who use our airports may well be making…13 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this important issue. I have travelled on that line and I know the challenges. The Friends of the Barton Line do incredible work to raise issues…08 Jan 2026HANSARDRail Services: Harrogate and KnaresboroughAs a near neighbour of the hon. Member, I know the line that he describes. The Harrogate line interventions have not been funded in this spending review period, but that does not…08 Jan 2026