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HANSARD Rail Services: North-East EnglandI accept that there have been issues with it being a busy line, but the new timetable took out, for example, the 8.17 am northbound to Newcastle and the 5.20 pm southbound, both…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Rail Services: North-East EnglandWill the Minister have a look at the way in which TPE pays its compensation, as this is complicated and people just give up when they do it? TPE might make those claims about…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Rail Services: North-East EnglandI am very pleased to have secured the debate, but it is sad that it also gives me another opportunity to raise the poor service that constituents of mine who travel from…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Rail Services: North-East EnglandI totally agree; it is the same story that we get all the time. If Hartlepool, a town adjacent to the two major conurbations of Teesside and Tyneside, were in the south-east of…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Rail Services: North-East EnglandI agree with the hon. Member. Chester-le-Street in my constituency is a commuter town for Teesside and Tyneside, and it relies on good public transport. The timetable got worse,…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Rail Services: North-East EnglandI will come on to my response to TransPennine, but the underlying problem is how the timetable was drawn up. Durham County Council clearly indicated what it wanted to see at…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Streatham IncidentI have no problem in supporting stopping early release, but the Secretary of State is aware that there are individuals who, no matter how much rehabilitation we do, will come out…03 Feb 2020HANSARDFrigates and DestroyersThe issue is not just about the number of ships that the Royal Navy possesses, but whether they are operationally effective or not. From July 2018 to July 2019, two of the six…03 Feb 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI welcome the statement and, as a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee in the last Parliament, I can say that I have seen nothing that means that this decision will…28 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiAs a member of the ISC up to the last general election, I can say that the Committee has looked at this. Unfortunately, the ISC is not in being at the moment; it is up to the…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election Billrose —29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillWill the hon. Lady give way?29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI ask the hon. Gentleman a simple question. If the Government are so proud of the withdrawal agreement they have drawn up, why do they refuse to let the House discuss it? The…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillWe opposed the programme motion because a major constitutional Act would have been put in place that was going to be discussed within 48 hours? The Wild Animals in Circuses Bill…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillNo, it is worse than that. In the morning, the Labour Chief Whip asked through the usual channels whether he would be able to sit down to talk about a programme motion. It was the…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election Billrose —29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillMay I say to the hon. Gentleman that he is just wrong? On the morning of the vote on the first programme motion, the Labour side of the usual channels asked for a meeting, but it…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillDoes my hon. Friend agree with me that it is even worse than that because Parliament was excluded from this process for two years and eight months while the Conservative party had…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election Billrose —29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillWhat the hon. Lady is saying is not exactly true, is it? It took her party two years and eight months to put anything to this House. The Government now have a Bill that has passed…29 Oct 2019