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HANSARDBus Services: StaffordshireBuses are at the heart of the Government’s transformative agenda and, with that, we have a new £220 million fund to make sure buses are working across our urban and rural areas.…30 Jan 2020HANSARDPublic Transport: North StaffordshireThere is always a fly in the ointment. Enhanced partnerships are a positive way forward, but if there is one thing to remind Members and the shadow Minister, it is that services…23 Jan 2020HANSARDPublic Transport: North StaffordshireIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher, in this incredibly collegiate and productive debate. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South…23 Jan 2020HANSARDManston AirportI have been asked by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport, to make this written ministerial statement. This statement concerns the application made by…16 Jan 2020HANSARDBusesBus patronage varies across the country, and as a bus champion I am pleased to say that catching a bus is the most popular form of public transport. Hon. Members will want to know…24 Oct 2019HANSARDBusesThat is indeed not a difficult problem to fix and I am more than willing to sit down with my Welsh counterparts to ensure that that is done. We have made more than £1 billion…24 Oct 2019HANSARDBusesMy hon. Friend is a good champion for North Cornwall, and of course the fantastic £1 around town initiative will be hugely successful. Rural buses are absolutely key for rural…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is good to see my hon. Friend back on his feet promoting everything in his constituency, including free ports. I will of course be more than happy to sit down and meet a…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have put together a £2 million fund to help smaller bus companies make audio-visual information available, and that should come into place next year. It is a part of our…24 Oct 2019HANSARDBusesIt is remarkable that the hon. Gentleman, who represents a Reading constituency, will not even recognise the progress that has been made with local bus services in Reading, where…24 Oct 2019HANSARDBusesI was pleased to visit Bristol and jump on a bus there, and it does indeed have a fantastic service. Patronage has gone up by 50%— [Interruption.] Well, it is getting better and…24 Oct 2019HANSARDBusesI thank the hon. Lady for her question which enables me to elaborate on the further funding that is available, but of course we know the importance of bus services; not only do…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAbsolutely, and I congratulate my hon. Friend on campaigning so hard on behalf of her constituents and working with Northern Rail. She is right about this. The inclusive transport…17 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is a key piece of our work in the inclusive transport strategy, especially as buses are the form of transport used most often by people with disabilities. We are crunching…17 Oct 2019HANSARD Flitwick Station: Step-free AccessMy hon. Friend makes an important point, but the facts remain the same: all operators have a disabled people’s protection policy, and it is their duty to ensure that disabled…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Flitwick Station: Step-free AccessMy hon. Friend makes a good point. Let me be clear: when we put together the grid to see which stations to support, we do not look at the complexity of transforming those stations…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Flitwick Station: Step-free AccessIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bailey. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Ms Dorries) on securing this important debate, which…24 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am disappointed that my hon. Friend can no longer support the project, because I know he understands the power of investing in infrastructure and how important this line is to…18 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI recognise my hon. Friend’s passionate and persistent campaigning on behalf of her constituents and the businesses in Erewash. I also recognise the disruption that HS2 causes for…18 Jul 2019HANSARDTransport for Vulnerable Children: Driver TrainingThe Chair of the Select Committee knows that I am just as passionate as she is about this issue within this part of my brief. I was hoping that we could start to legislate before…18 Jul 2019