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Debate between Dan Jarvis and Richard Holden
Thursday 13th July 2023

(1 year, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Richard Holden Portrait Mr Holden
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I thank my hon. Friend for his question. I was delighted to visit Stoke with him and my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton) to see what is going on. I urge the council to use that flexibility to work with First Bus to deliver a solution for all his constituents. We have put that flexibility in there and I hope that it uses it to protect his constituents.

Dan Jarvis Portrait Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (Lab)
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T4. The Government’s response to the Transport Committee’s report on the integrated rail plan was published at midnight, and the terms of reference for the study on the high-speed rail link to Leeds are expected imminently. Will the rail Minister tell us what this will mean for the railways in Yorkshire?