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Written Question
Wimbledon Park Station: Lifts
Friday 6th March 2026

Asked by: Paul Kohler (Liberal Democrat - Wimbledon)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Transport for London regarding the 1,435 hours of lift closures across 244 incidents at Wimbledon Park station in 2025 due solely to a lack of trained staff, including a continuous 424-hour closure between 20 November and 8 December 2025.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Ministers and officials have regular conversations with Transport for London on a variety of issues including accessibility of their network. Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor, and TfL is responsible for managing the London Underground.

Written Question
London Underground: Lifts
Friday 6th March 2026

Asked by: Paul Kohler (Liberal Democrat - Wimbledon)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with TfL on the increase in lift closures due solely to a lack of trained staff on the London Underground to 6,365 hours in 2025, compared with 6,197 hours in 2024.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Ministers and officials have regular conversations with Transport for London on a variety of issues including accessibility of their network. Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor, and TfL is responsible for managing the London Underground.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Mar 2026
Middle East

"I applaud the Prime Minister’s judgment in this matter. I am in contact with British nationals trapped in a hotel in Qatar who are seeing missiles passing overhead, with more than 30 explosions just today. They texted me a few minutes ago to say there has been a lack of …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
2 Mar 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context
Paul Kohler (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 57 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 410
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Feb 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q6. The Prime Minister recently stated:“we will not allow the powerful to treat justice as optional.” He was talking about Epstein’s enablers, but one of my constituents, who uses the pseudonym “Isabella”, has asked me to ask the Prime Minister whether his words also apply to those who assisted Britain’s …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
24 Feb 2026 - Online Harm: Child Protection - View Vote Context
Paul Kohler (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 56 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 69 Noes - 279
Division Vote (Commons)
11 Feb 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context
Paul Kohler (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 52 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 362 Noes - 107
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Windsor framework was meant to give Northern Ireland the best of both worlds: unfettered access to the UK internal market and barrier-free access to the EU. Not so, according to a recent survey conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses, which reports that more than half those trading between …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
11 Feb 2026 - Local Government Finance - View Vote Context
Paul Kohler (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 50 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 143
Written Question
Gender Based Violence
Friday 6th February 2026

Asked by: Paul Kohler (Liberal Democrat - Wimbledon)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of reported incidents of violence against women and girls in England and Wales.

Answered by Josh Simons

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 28th January is attached.