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HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)You may enjoy a ten-minute rule Bill speech that I am making tomorrow. Tracy Brabin: I shall set my timer to make sure I watch it.20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q Mayors, you have made some really good points about the need for clearer accountability and for more responsiveness and understanding of what is going on in your areas. Mayor…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q Do others have any thoughts? Andy Burnham: This is a really important point. Giving city regions the ability, either individually or together, to manage events better with the…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Bowker, you lived through an interesting time—I hope you do not mind me describing it like that—when you ran the Strategic Rail Authority. The industry was recovering from…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (First sitting)Q Emma, further to your previous comments, will you say a little more about the current general duty in the Bill to promote the needs of disabled passengers being vague and…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (First sitting)Q Both of your reviews highlighted an issue of short-term thinking, or a lack of longer-term vision, on the railway. Are you satisfied with the way that the long-term rail…20 Jan 2026HANSARD Covid-19: Financial SupportI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Manuela Perteghella) for her passionate speech and for securing the debate, and the Backbench Business Committee for…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionI am going to have to launch a cyber-security inquiry, because the hon. Gentleman has clearly hacked my notes. [ Laughter. ] I entirely agree with him and pay tribute to him,…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. I thank the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) for his eloquent introduction of this…12 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI stand to speak in favour of various Lib Dem amendments and in particular new clause 7. Farmers in this country continue to be hammered, as they were under the previous…12 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAcross the country, people enjoy traffic-free walking, cycling and wheeling on disused railways such as the Tissington trail in Derbyshire, the Mawddach trail in Gwynedd or the…08 Jan 2026HANSARDPassenger Rail ServicesThe Liberal Democrats welcome the Government’s decision to embrace our 10-year-long campaign for a rail fares freeze. However, I am sure the Secretary of State would agree that…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Road Safety StrategyI thank the Minister for her statement and for the strategy. We welcome it, having called for an updated road safety strategy for some time, following years of neglect of our…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Future of Thames WaterIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I commend my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour the Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) for…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. Space Solar, based on Harwell campus in my Oxfordshire constituency, plans to deliver commercial space-based solar energy by 2032. Given what we have heard today about the…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Grassroots Cricket ClubsThe hon. Member makes a good point about the growing diversity in cricket. My constituency is home to Challow and Childrey cricket club, as well as to Didcot cricket club, at…16 Dec 2025HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Businesses1. What steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses.11 Dec 2025HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized BusinessesLove Beer Brewery in Milton in my Oxfordshire constituency of Didcot and Wantage supplies fantastic ale for events and a number of local pubs. However, its viability is threatened…11 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillI shall have to ask my office to initiate an investigation into the leak of my speech—I will go on to say why we do indeed need a rolling electrification programme, which is…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. The Government created the National Wealth Fund to encourage investment in innovation in critical sectors, such as clean energy and sustainable aviation fuel. How will the…09 Dec 2025