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HANSARDTrain Service ProvidersI am conscious of my hon. Friend’s strong interest in open-access services. Where there is spare capacity on the network, we will support applications from open-access providers…30 Jun 2022HANSARDTrain Service ProvidersThank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to put on record that we had a very good meeting following your request for a meeting about stations in your own constituency. [ Interruption.…30 Jun 2022HANSARDTrain Service ProvidersThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. [ Laughter. ]30 Jun 2022HANSARDReopening Railway Lines and StationsThrough the £500 million Restoring Your Railway fund we have already reopened the Dartmoor line, and we are supporting more than 45 other promising schemes. This month we…30 Jun 2022HANSARDReopening Railway Lines and StationsI know that my right hon. Friend has raised this matter before, and I will be happy to give him a written update on the Tisbury loop.30 Jun 2022HANSARDReopening Railway Lines and StationsMy hon. Friend rightly highlights the importance and the benefits of good rail connections to levelling up. He will know that the Stoke-Leek line has successfully secured initial…30 Jun 2022HANSARDReopening Railway Lines and StationsThe hon. Gentleman raises a specific point in his constituency. I would be more than happy to look into it and respond to him.30 Jun 2022HANSARDReopening Railway Lines and StationsI am glad that the hon. Gentleman recognises the step forward with the Barrow Hill line, and I will certainly look at the issue he raises in advance of our meeting.30 Jun 2022HANSARDReopening Railway Lines and StationsI am happy to meet my right hon. Friend.30 Jun 2022HANSARDReopening Railway Lines and StationsMr Deputy Speaker—sorry, Mr Speaker. Three strikes and I will be out. The hon. Gentleman knows that it is a matter for the Welsh Government. I have had a meeting with him, and I…30 Jun 2022HANSARDShrewsbury-Black Country-Birmingham RailwayWe are expecting to receive a strategic outline business case from Midlands Connect in July, which I hope will set out the potential impacts of this scheme on employment, training…30 Jun 2022HANSARDShrewsbury-Black Country-Birmingham RailwayMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that rail projects such as this are a vital way of levelling up and growing the economy right across every part of the country. I look forward…30 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI assure the hon. Lady that my office has been endeavouring to set up that meeting. I will chase them and make sure that it happens.30 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have spoken to my hon. Friend several times, including recently, about that scheme, and he is a keen campaigner for getting faster and more reliable trains from Clacton to…30 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has previously raised the issue of Haughley and Ely junctions with me. We remain committed to publishing the RNEP update, which has been delayed by the need to take…30 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was really pleased that we were able to make that announcement. I assure the hon. Member that, as we continue with that, we will keep in touch with her and stakeholders as…30 Jun 2022HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) BillThe hon. Gentleman is a passionate campaigner for the electrification of that stretch of railway, and he is nothing if not persistent in using every opportunity to raise that…20 Jun 2022HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) BillI see my hon. Friend nodding. We have been working closely with Greater Manchester stakeholders since 2013 to understand their reasons for supporting the idea of an underground…20 Jun 2022HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) BillWe are not ignoring Wales or those concerns. The current plans will see Welsh passengers benefit from the HS2 interchange at Crewe, with shorter journey times to north Wales than…20 Jun 2022HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point and reminds us of the importance of investment. This investment will bring many new jobs and investments into the area, and that will bring…20 Jun 2022