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HANSARDOld Oak Common Station Construction: South-west Travel DisruptionI fully appreciate the implications of Network Rail engineering works, and the construction and maintenance of level crossings in particular. I will happily pass on the hon.…10 Oct 2024HANSARDRoad SafetyI was fascinated to know how Opposition Front Benchers would approach their legacy when raising questions today. The legacy we have been left includes a maintenance backlog of…10 Oct 2024HANSARDRoad SafetyEvery death on our roads is a tragedy; for too long, they have been treated as an inevitability. The safety of our roads is an absolute priority for this Government. Since the…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI commend my hon. Friend for his bravery in recently speaking out about his personal involvement in that tragic crash, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington and…10 Oct 2024HANSARDPlanningThis statement confirms that it is necessary to extend the deadline for a decision on the application by National Highways under the Planning Act 2008 for the A122 (Lower Thames…07 Oct 2024HANSARDLondon Luton Airport Development Consent Order: Decision ExtensionThis statement confirms that it has been necessary to extend the deadline for the decision for the London Luton airport development consent order under the Planning Act 2008.…12 Sept 2024HANSARDBus Retrofit Performance ReportToday, I am providing an update regarding the retrofitting of buses with selective catalytic reduction—SCR—technology to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides. Through a series of…12 Sept 2024HANSARDDevelopment Consent Decision ExtensionThis statement confirms that it is necessary to extend the deadline for a decision on the application by Tritax Symmetry (Hinckley) Ltd under the Planning Act 2008 for the…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. It has been an extraordinary privilege to take this Bill through the House, as the first major piece of legislation to…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI would be interested to know whether the hon. Lady has spoken to her immediate predecessor to understand exactly the value of the reforms he was pursuing as Secretary of State,…03 Sept 2024HANSARDShadow Great British RailwaysToday I am announcing that I will be instructing the CEO of Network Rail, the director general for rail services in the Department for Transport, and the CEO of DfT OLR Holdings…03 Sept 2024HANSARDTransport InfrastructureThe financial inheritance this Government have received is extremely challenging. The previous Administration has left a £22 billion public spending gap this year alone, £2.9…30 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillAs the Chancellor has set out today, we will not only be reviewing the previous Government’s unfunded, underfunded and, in some places, cancelled capital projects, but we will be…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillNetwork Rail has done a considerable amount of work on insourcing over the last few years, and I will ask it to do a more comprehensive review to see whether there is further it…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. At the general election, when millions of people called time on years of dysfunction, disruption and decline, they demanded…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy hon. Friend is exactly right, and that is what is at the heart of these proposals. This is an opportunity to genuinely reform our railways from top to bottom, to ensure that…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillClause 2 is purely a fail-safe if, for whatever reason, DOHL—the operator of last resort—does not have the capacity to take in a private operator’s contract at the moment it…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that we have seen immediate improvements on bringing previously privately run operators into public ownership, but we can go further…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI marvel, as always, at the hon. Gentleman’s ability to find something of interest and relevance to the debate at hand. He is absolutely right to say that accessibility is far too…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillYes, and I will then make some progress.29 Jul 2024