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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Railways Bill (Twelfth sitting)

"I will not get into whether a peacock or a pheasant is a large or small bird—it takes me back to my days as a Health Minister, when we had a debate about whether a scotch egg is a substantial meal in the context of the regulations. However, my hon. …..."
Edward Argar - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Railways Bill (Twelfth sitting)

"The Minister says that GBR will be able to design a bespoke performance regime, but does that not go to the heart of what my hon. Friend the Member for South West Devon highlighted, which is essentially that it will be designing a performance regime against which its own performance …..."
Edward Argar - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Railways Bill (Twelfth sitting)

"Does the Minister not see the challenge that if GBR is the single directing mind, we need to ask how it is held to account for individual decisions that it makes? Where is its accountability to the public, be it through this place or others? Secondly, the Minister talks about …..."
Edward Argar - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Railways Bill (Eleventh sitting)

"On a point of order, Mr Western. We have just dealt with a couple of amendments that the selection list described as tabled by the Opposition but were actually been tabled by the Liberal Democrats, which I suspect is where some of the confusion came from. Will it be possible …..."
Edward Argar - View Speech

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Division Vote (Commons)
5 Feb 2026 - Railways Bill (Twelfth sitting) - View Vote Context
Edward Argar (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 3 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 3 Noes - 7
Division Vote (Commons)
5 Feb 2026 - Railways Bill (Twelfth sitting) - View Vote Context
Edward Argar (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 3 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 4 Noes - 7
Division Vote (Commons)
5 Feb 2026 - Railways Bill (Twelfth sitting) - View Vote Context
Edward Argar (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 3 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 4 Noes - 8
Division Vote (Commons)
5 Feb 2026 - Railways Bill (Eleventh sitting) - View Vote Context
Edward Argar (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 3 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 5 Noes - 9
Division Vote (Commons)
5 Feb 2026 - Railways Bill (Twelfth sitting) - View Vote Context
Edward Argar (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 3 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 4 Noes - 8
Division Vote (Commons)
5 Feb 2026 - Railways Bill (Twelfth sitting) - View Vote Context
Edward Argar (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 3 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 3 Noes - 7