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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that issue and it is very good to see him back in his place. It is difficult to make policy based on anecdote. If he has specific…08 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Lady knows, the decision about whether to build a third runway is one for Heathrow. The funding has to come from Heathrow. She knows that if, at some point in the…08 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for what he has said. I am sure that the roads Minister will be happy to meet him to discuss that further. I understand that Norfolk County Council…08 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman put his finger on it: it is largely a commercial decision. If regulatory issues or other issues are preventing that from happening, I would be delighted to look…08 Jun 2023HANSARDGreat British RailwaysThey really are not broken. If the hon. Lady looks at the numbers from the Office of Rail and Road this morning, she will see that leisure travel has rebounded very strongly, but…08 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I said, the table, which the hon. Lady refers to, has an offer on it. All it requires is for the RMT— [ Interruption. ] The hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh) on…08 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is right to focus on this. That is why the Government published our cross-Government “Tackling violence against women and girls strategy”, which the Department for…08 Jun 2023HANSARDGreat British RailwaysIt is interesting to note that the hon. Lady is interested in what investors think. I thought her policy was to nationalise the rail industry and take it away from investors.…08 Jun 2023HANSARDBus ServicesI am confident that my hon. Friend will campaign in his area to protect those bus services. The additional £300 million includes £1.5 million for the Tees Valley, which will help…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEast West Rail: Route Announcement UpdateEast West Rail offers a huge opportunity to unlock productivity in the Oxford-Cambridge region, boosting economic growth both locally and nationally through improved connectivity…05 Jun 2023HANSARD Rail ServicesI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for welcoming today’s decision. It is a moment to reset relationships to improve services for her constituents. On the specific question of…11 May 2023HANSARD Rail ServicesThat question is so far removed from reality I do not know where to start. On the first point, the response to what has happened is that the contract has not been extended. The…11 May 2023HANSARD Rail ServicesMr Deputy Speaker, that is a very helpful point for you to have made on behalf of Mr Speaker. As you know, I completely agree with that. [ Interruption. ] I can hear some…11 May 2023HANSARD Rail ServicesFirst, the hon. Lady’s point about the timing is straightforward. The TPE contract expires on 28 May, and I noticed this morning that the hon. Lady, in another flip-flopping of…11 May 2023HANSARD Rail ServicesI am grateful to my hon. Friend who has over a long period raised these issues on behalf of her constituents, and I thank her for doing so. As I said in my statement, we are not…11 May 2023HANSARD Rail ServicesI think there were two substantive questions there and I will deal with both of them, but, first, I will accept the hon. Gentleman’s welcome for my decision— I think there was a…11 May 2023HANSARD Rail ServicesI am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s question. I know that he and colleagues have met the rail Minister to talk about these services, and the rail Minister has been keeping me…11 May 2023HANSARD Rail ServicesMy hon. Friend the rail Minister visited that station and that very café. As the hon. Lady knows, we are keen to make sure that we fix the roof while the sun is shining. I will…11 May 2023HANSARD Rail ServicesGladly. My right hon. Friend has indeed raised this issue on a number of occasions. First, my officials will be working with officials in the Scottish Government. This morning, I…11 May 2023HANSARD Rail ServicesMy hon. Friend raises some good points on behalf of his constituents. He recently had an update by way of a written answer about services being withdrawn by Transport for Wales…11 May 2023