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Commons Chamber
Valedictory Debate - Fri 24 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Andrew Percy (Con - Brigg and Goole) particularly James Gurd, the political director, who is now a close friend of mine; the European Leadership Network - Speech Link
2: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) workplace pledge, working alongside brilliant organisations including Fertility Matters at Work, Fertility Network - Speech Link
3: David Jones (Con - Clwyd West) in government next should press ahead with that project, to ensure that north Wales has the sort of rail - Speech Link
4: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) When I served on my first Finance Bill Committee with my right hon. - Speech Link
5: Will Quince (Con - Colchester) new orthopaedic surgical centre; getting multimillion-pound investments in the arts and in road and rail - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 23 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough) I lobbied for the extension of rail electrification through Harborough up to Wigston at an early stage - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) In addition to the rail investment he mentioned, we have two new investment zones for Wales, as well - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 22 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) We hope that a lot more progress will be made, and that network roll-outs will be paused when there seems - Speech Link
2: Chris Evans (LAB - Islwyn) The National Audit Office recently said that the Government’s shared rural network programme is, like - Speech Link
3: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) can assure him that we are working closely with Harland & Wolff in its request for a UK Export Finance-guaranteed - Speech Link
4: Jason McCartney (Con - Colne Valley) the new teaching block at Greenhead College, the West Yorkshire investment zone and the trans-Pennine rail - Speech Link
5: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) He mentioned the trans-Pennine rail upgrade delivering faster journeys, but there are also levelling-up - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Instruction) (No. 3) - Tue 21 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Jack Brereton (Con - Stoke-on-Trent South) that ends in a field, with no connection to the rest of the rail network. - Speech Link
2: Jack Brereton (Con - Stoke-on-Trent South) efforts to reopen more of our local rail network. - Speech Link
3: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) close the door completely on the idea that a midlands to Manchester link of HS2, funded by private finance - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Zero-emission Buses - Tue 21 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) with their current course, they will push bus-making down the same road as our counterparts in the rail - Speech Link
2: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) Across road, rail and bus there are immense opportunities for secure, high-skilled green jobs to power - Speech Link
3: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) Labour will accelerate domestic battery-making capacity with a national wealth fund to part-finance the - Speech Link
4: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) I do accept that more can be done in that space.However, as an example, £76 million in UK export finance - Speech Link
5: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) the best hydrogen bus, which we are already doing, we will then start developing the best hydrogen rail - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) I regularly meet Network Rail and train operators to encourage greater collaboration on day-to-day performance - Speech Link
2: Philip Hollobone (Con - Kettering) What recent discussions he has had with Network Rail on the timeline for introducing bi-mode trains on - Speech Link
3: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) A monthly meeting is held with Network Rail and East Midlands Railway to discuss the introduction of - Speech Link
4: Tom Hunt (Con - Ipswich) I hear all the right noises from the Department, but when I talk to Greater Anglia and Network Rail, - Speech Link
5: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) Friend help me to continue to nudge Network Rail and others to progress this to completion in 2027? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill
2nd reading - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) in many other cases: for example, P&O Ferries knowingly flouted the law to sack workers; water, rail - Speech Link
2: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) postmasters balance their accounts, rather than operating as a black box, reporting accounts across the network - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Miners and Mining Communities - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) Every village had a network of colliery clubs, parks, sports teams and welfare facilities vital to community - Speech Link
2: Paul Howell (Con - Sedgefield) It is essential that rail connectivity is also improved; I am delighted that the reopening of Ferryhill - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Artificial Light and Noise: Effects on Human Health (Science and Technology Committee Report) - Thu 09 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brown of Cambridge (XB - Life peer) In correspondence, the Government set out that the local government finance settlement increased core - Speech Link
2: Lord Krebs (XB - Life peer) near a road with a loose drain cover that goes “clunk” every time a vehicle drives over it, near a rail - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) The majority of funding provided through the local government finance settlement is not ring-fenced. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Networks National Policy Statement - Wed 08 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) I was only told about this particular need for a debate quite recently by the Transport Action Network - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) The big polluters finance Tufton Street think tanks and social media bots, because they want to squeeze - Speech Link
3: Lord Goddard of Stockport (LD - Life peer) The infrastructure—Network Rail—is to blame along the way as well. - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) and strategic rail freight interchange projects in England. - Speech Link
5: None While the transition to net zero will bring changes to the way we travel, the road network will remain - Speech Link