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HANSARDPassenger 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) 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 2024HANSARDSustainable AviationSustainable aviation fuel is an important part of the strategy to decarbonise air travel. It can be used in existing aircraft, and it emits on average 70 per cent fewer greenhouse…22 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiven that the Secretary of State had advance notice of my question, I am afraid that his answer shows how out of touch with reality he has become. Car insurance is not a luxury…16 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsCar insurance costs have increased by 80% since the Secretary of State came into office. If he is intent on ending the war on motorists, what has he done about it?16 May 2024HANSARDRail Manufacturing: Job Losses(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on steps being taken to prevent job losses in the UK’s rail manufacturing sector.16 Apr 2024HANSARDRail Manufacturing: Job LossesMay I add my personal condolences to you, Mr Speaker, for the loss of your great father? He was a fine man and a great champion for Warrington and for workers’ rights. Britain’s…16 Apr 2024HANSARDRail ServicesThe Minister will have seen reports this week that 3,000 jobs are at risk at Alstom rail factory in Derby. The Government told us that they were doing everything in their power to…21 Mar 2024HANSARDSeafarer Welfare: P&O FerriesLast Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of P&O Ferries illegally sacking 786 workers, but two years on nothing has changed. This week an investigation by ITV and The Guardian…21 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]Let me start by confirming Labour’s support for the legislation and the principle behind it. Automated vehicle technology, once the preserve of science fiction, is advancing at…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]It is typical of my hon. Friend to raise such an important and pertinent point. I will come to it shortly in my speech. It is a shame that much of the important work still to do…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and remain impressed that he has something to say on this issue, as on so many others. It will of course remain the case…05 Mar 2024HANSARDTaxi LicensingI associate myself with the Secretary of State’s best wishes to His Majesty the King. During my time in this House, I have worked alongside victims and survivors of the Rotherham…08 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThey were disgraceful comments from Avanti, but the problem goes to the contracts that the Secretary of State is signing with such failing operators. Last year, Govia Thameslink…08 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat does the Secretary of State think that it says about the performance standards in the contracts that he signed with failing operators that senior executives at Avanti, whose…08 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsBus services are disappearing at record levels, yet the Secretary of State’s Department has wasted almost £100 million on retrofitting technology that does not work, because it…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I wish you, Mr Speaker, and the whole House a very merry Christmas? Why have the Government wasted £95 million on technology to retrofit buses that does not work?14 Dec 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2What is it, then?14 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsNeither the Secretary of State nor the Prime Minister were paying attention, were they? They have fatally undermined confidence in HS2 and its delivery, which is why no one has…26 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe now know that High Speed 2 was billions of pounds over budget, Parliament may have been misled, and the Government are about to waste hundreds of millions more on the fire sale…26 Oct 2023