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HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will start by welcoming some of measures in the Budget relating to transport, and if I have time, I will pick up on a couple of others. I welcome the freeze on rail fares, and I…01 Dec 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely correct. That is another issue that has come up in our inquiry, and I do hope that the Government are addressing the cross-border issue. I will come…25 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWhen people get in a taxi or a cab, they want to know that they will be safe, that the vehicle is safe, that the driver has had training in a range of different situations, that…25 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment Billrose—24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillYes, I will do. I welcome the lane rental measure, which the Government put in the White Paper and is now in the Bill. However, why do the Secretary of State and the Minister not…24 Nov 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillMy hon. Friend is an amazing ambassador for Shrewsbury—I have learned so much about Shrewsbury since getting to know her. Although it is possibly beyond the scope of today’s…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Steff Aquarone), a fellow Transport Committee member. We do not have any chalk streams running through Brentford and…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillWe do have a canal. We also have the Thames, the River Crane and the Duke of Northumberland river, but I do not think any of them are chalk. The issues for chalk streams,…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillWill the Minister give way on that point?13 Nov 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillApologies, but I want to go back to the point the Minister was making about Lords amendment 1. As Chair of the Transport Committee, I am slightly concerned that we will get less…13 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI thank the Home Secretary for all her remarks and the Secretary of State for Transport, who is also in her place, for her comments in the media this morning. I share, as all hon.…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I ask that the record be corrected? I inadvertently mentioned Avanti West Coast. I must have been thinking of the derailment, and…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. I have heard from small businesses locally, including a butcher’s and a lighting supplier, about how Brexit has imposed extra barriers on small businesses such as theirs. Will…23 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewI thank the Secretary of State for her statement. I look forward to the work she does on this ANPS coming to our Committee in due course. A third runway at Heathrow, combined with…22 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI, too, look forward to working with the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, my hon. Friend the Member for Selby (Keir Mather), in his new role. Last week, the Transport…11 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]I have only been here 10 and a bit years; I will get used to it. I was referring to my hon. Friend the Member for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard. I apologise to the House and to…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]I speak in the context of devolution within an overarching set of values. I will not go into the specifics of what level a bus fare should be, but the overall ridership and the…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]You are absolutely right, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will not repeat what I said on Second Reading, except to say it is no surprise that our first stand-alone inquiry in the…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]The hon. Member is entirely correct. Our amendments would support local transport authorities to grow their local bus networks actively in response to demographic and economic…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Member for her intervention, which goes to the heart of what I am saying: it is not for this Bill and this Government to define whether or not colleges, schools…10 Sept 2025