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HANSARD Rail PerformanceOne of the purposes of this reform was to save the taxpayer money, and bringing operators into public ownership as their contracts expire means there will be no compensation. We…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceThe hon. Lady is absolutely right, and unfortunately that is the picture across too much of our railways. The workforce terms and conditions are simply not fit for purpose. Part…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Chiltern was the worst-performing operator last year, in terms of the reduction in punctuality, which further makes the case for public…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceIt was extraordinarily frustrating to see the news of the obscene amounts of money spent on that structure to do with HS2. That happened under HS2’s previous leadership. We are…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. Northern and TransPennine Express serve my constituency as well, and some of the most deprived parts of the north of England. Performance has…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceI am grateful for those comments. Govia Thameslink had an improvement of 3% in its cancellations on last year, but it is still falling behind on punctuality. [ Official Report ,…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceI absolutely agree. For too long, passengers have not been able to rely on the railways, and it has driven people off them. We see in the latest Transport Focus data that people…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceI was absolutely horrified, on entering the Department, to learn that there had been no routine ministerial oversight, in any sense of the word, of HS2 for some time. We…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceI am grateful that my hon. Friend is concerned about my work-life balance—so am I. We are staffing up the operator of last resort, as it is currently known—we will shortly change…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceThe Mayor of London is the owner of Transport for London, but we can absolutely work together to see whether anything of that nature can be achieved. I see no reason why we cannot…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceWe will see 44 additional trains per day on the new timetable from Southeastern. CrossCountry restored its full timetable today, and we hope to see new timetables from…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceI am grateful to the shadow Secretary of State for acknowledging that we provided the statement in advance, and I suggest that next time he reads it before he responds. He will…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceI will look into the issue for the right hon. Gentleman. It may be that the Rail Minister has to make himself a hero; I will ask him to meet the right hon. Gentleman to discuss…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceWe can hear from the House how much of an impact the levels of service on Northern Rail are having. Andy Burnham texts me every Monday about the performance on Northern trains, so…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceI have routine conversations with Northern Rail, as the hon. Gentleman would imagine. The most recent was on Thursday. We facilitated a new rest day working agreement with it,…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceMy views on Avanti’s performance are well known, I think. The right hon. Lady is absolutely right that it has not been acceptable. Shockingly, the way that national rail contracts…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceWi-fi is one of the examples of passenger experience that we are clear needs to be delivered through Great British Railways. I take East Midlands Railway, and the wi-fi is even…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceAgain, the current fragmentation of the network means that we have dozens of different types of rolling stock across the network, all procured by different operators at different…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceI am conscious of the disruption that will be experienced by passengers coming from the south-west. We are putting in place plans so that trains can come into Euston rather than…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceI am grateful to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing my hon. Friend to ask a question. I thought he would mention the ferries as well—he also texts me often about the ferries.…11 Nov 2024