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Debate between Bob Blackman and Trudy Harrison
Thursday 3rd February 2022

(3 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Trudy Harrison Portrait Trudy Harrison
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I thank the hon. Member for his interest in this important issue. We are already doing much on the transport network to improve safety, particularly for women and girls—for example, the rail to refuge scheme helps four people a day. We have also recently undertaken a review with our transport champions to look specifically at the safety of women and girls. I would be happy to meet him to understand how those proposals align with the recommendations from our champions.

Bob Blackman Portrait Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
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16. What recent progress he has made on agreeing a long-term financial settlement with Transport for London.

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Debate between Bob Blackman and Trudy Harrison
Thursday 24th May 2018

(6 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Bob Blackman Portrait Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
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8. What recent steps he has taken to improve accessibility for disabled rail passengers.

Trudy Harrison Portrait Trudy Harrison (Copeland) (Con)
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15. What recent steps he has taken to improve accessibility for disabled rail passengers.

Nusrat Ghani Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
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The Government will publish an inclusive transport strategy later this year. I assure my hon. Friends that I and the Department believe that disabled people should have the same access to transport as anyone else and be able to travel easily, confidently and without extra cost. All train fleets operating passenger services will meet modern accessibility standards by 1 January 2020. Further funding for the Access for All stations programme will be made available for 2019 to 2024.