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HANSARDMidland Main Line: ElectrificationElectrification is progressing on the midland main line, with the new overhead line equipment from Kettering to Wigston, just south of Leicester, now installed and energised.…10 Oct 2024HANSARDMidland Main Line: ElectrificationThere have already been improvements in performance and a reduction in cancellations on the railway. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is working extremely hard to hold…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI understand the pressures in relation to the A12, but as the right hon. Member will know, the Secretary of State has announced a review of our Department’s capital portfolio that…10 Oct 2024HANSARDMidlands Rail Hub: StakeholdersI appreciate how important it is to improve rail infrastructure in the midlands. The next major decision on the first phase will be to consider the release of delivery funding in…10 Oct 2024HANSARDMidland Main Line: ElectrificationI commend my hon. Friend’s support for this scheme, and for being such a champion of the railways and her constituents. I assure her that delivering greener transport is one of…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be very happy to meet the right hon. Member to discuss that.10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is no greater sign of the failure of the previous Government than the appalling state of our roads. That is why this Government have already committed to supporting local…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her question and completely understand the concerns that she raises about congestion in the area. The outlined business case submitted by KenEx, to…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that vital question. Every death on our roads is a tragedy. We expect drivers to observe the speed limit, and, of course, enforcement is a…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will ask my officials to look into river buses, and I will write to my hon. Friend after today’s session.10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsBoth the Secretary of State and I have visited Kent a number of times in recent weeks and months. We meet regularly with our colleagues in the Home Office, the Cabinet Office and…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising the important issue of accessibility. We are carefully considering the best approach to the Access for All programme. I am afraid that we are…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do hope that the right hon. Member will not put himself in such danger. We are working with industry to address timetabling, financial, operational and infrastructure issues…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Oswestry to Gobowen Railway LineIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) on securing today’s debate on the Oswestry to…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Oswestry to Gobowen Railway LineI thank the hon. Member for her question and of course she is absolutely right to highlight the very difficult position that many local authorities find themselves in after 14…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Hinckley National Rail Freight InterchangeAbsolutely. I have also noted the relevant contributions made by the hon. Member for South Leicestershire in the King’s Speech debate on planning, the green belt and rural affairs…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Hinckley National Rail Freight InterchangeIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Mark. I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) on securing today’s debate. I would…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Rail and Road Connectivity: Northern LincolnshireThe hon. Member makes an important point that we will certainly look at, but I am sure he understands that, given the capacity and given the other ways in which people can travel,…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Rail and Road Connectivity: Northern LincolnshireI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Melanie Onn) on securing today’s debate and on returning to these Benches. I know she will represent…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Rail and Road Connectivity: Northern LincolnshireI will cut to the chase. The Bill will give local leaders the tools to deliver better bus services and will ensure that networks meet the needs of the communities who rely on…05 Sept 2024