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Westminster Hall
Future of Rail Manufacturing - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) The Stockton and Darlington railway was inaugurated in 1825 and was the world’s first passenger railway - Speech Link
2: Iain Stewart (Con - Milton Keynes South) I will give a brief example from my own line—the west coast main line. - Speech Link
3: Sam Tarry (Lab - Ilford South) It is a fantastic heritage railway. - Speech Link
4: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) Despite this, the order of 54 high-speed trains for phase 1 of High Speed 2 remains unchanged. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) Bill - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Gareth Johnson (Con - Dartford) Well, where do we draw the line if we are going to increase the scrappage area? - Speech Link
2: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) station to catch my train home to Nottingham, I stand on the platform among diesel trains because the railway - Speech Link
3: David Evennett (Con - Bexleyheath and Crayford) very angry about this.My borough is one of the two in London without the tube, the docklands light railway - Speech Link
4: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) In Bristol, the clean air zone is barely 2 square miles—it is about 1 mile by 2 miles—and specifically - Speech Link
5: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) Air pollution costs lives, but it also costs our public services. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) I am pleased to tell him that, following our decision to cancel the second phase of High Speed 2, we - Speech Link
2: Rupa Huq (Lab - Ealing Central and Acton) High Speed 2, with its out-of-control costs, is compounding local misery, because it is now set to close - Speech Link
3: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) We made a commitment to take the money from the cancellation of the second phase of High Speed 2 to make - Speech Link
4: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) Speed 2 is spent where HS2 would have been delivered. - Speech Link
5: Paul Howell (Con - Sedgefield) Next year we will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first passenger railway in the world, which - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Local Government Finances - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) agency costs, high placement costs and rising demand. - Speech Link
2: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) Can the Minister explain what is being done to speed up those payments? - Speech Link
3: Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer) 2% more on the bills of hard-pressed council tax payers. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Some of the high-demand, high-cost services that local government delivers are used by only a very small - Speech Link
5: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) nationally significant cultural projects such as the British Library North project in Leeds and the National Railway - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Tue 12 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) electrification and then phase 2 of High Speed 2, and refusing to invest in the Broadmarsh project to - Speech Link
2: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) I am married to an NHS doctor—is improving the efficiency of both the delivery of services and the speed - Speech Link
3: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) I have argued time and again for investment in the south Wales main line. - Speech Link
4: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) be forgiven for thinking that potholes are a deliberate, affordable alternative to 20 mph signs and speed - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Mon 11 Mar 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) The Prime Minister acknowledged that this is an appalling tragedy, and he promised that he will speed - Speech Link
2: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) Speed 2 has been a resounding success; it is an example of the Government’s plan working. - Speech Link
3: George Freeman (Con - Mid Norfolk) ; higher heating costs; higher dependence on agriculture, food processing and high-energy industries; - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) time motion, followed by all stages of the National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) In the last two weeks alone, there were major cancellations on South Western Railway, as well as mass - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) There have been particular issues with the service provided by South Western Railway and the quality - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) He will know that we have clear line-of-sight reporting on the costs charged for particular things, but - Speech Link
5: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) congratulating Laura, but may we also have a debate in Government time on the imperative of moving with more speed - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Damian Collins (Con - Folkestone and Hythe) References have been made to the decision not to complete the northern leg of high speed 2. - Speech Link
2: Damian Collins (Con - Folkestone and Hythe) Speed 2 in the north—based on my own constituency experience in Kent, where we have High Speed 1—is - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Higher Education - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab - Life peer) , borrowing costs and general inflation. - Speech Link
2: Viscount Chandos (Lab - Life peer) Excellence in teaching and research costs money. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) friend the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, who speaks with such insight, enthusiasm and, I have to say, speed - Speech Link
4: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab - Life peer) and that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities was returning almost £2 billion of - Speech Link
5: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) I note that the Government seem to give a high priority to a direct Oxford-Cambridge railway line, but - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) We have a railway line that will never reach our great northern cities. - Speech Link
2: John Redwood (Con - Wokingham) Speed 2 are absorbing £33 billion of public money this year. - Speech Link
3: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) is at a 70-year high. - Speech Link
4: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) In Bradford, rather than being offered new high-speed rail lines and enhanced connectivity, we are told - Speech Link
5: Natalie Elphicke (Con - Dover) I have very much enjoyed my visits over the years to the National Railway Museum. - Speech Link