Oral Answers to Questions

Rachel Hopkins Excerpts

Wednesday 6th March 2024 Commons Chamber

[Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab)]

4. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the cost of living in Scotland.

[Rachel Hopkins (Luton South) (Lab)]

5. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the cost of living in Scotland.

[Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South) (Lab)]

9. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the cost of living in Scotland.

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[Rachel Hopkins]

Scottish rail fares are set to rise by 8.7% next month. This eye-watering fare hike will hit Scots hard during a cost of living crisis and push Scotland’s rail service into a spiral of decline. Does the Minister agree that we need affordable fares to help people through the cost of living crisis and encourage more people to travel by train?

[John Lamont]

I certainly agree that we should do all we can to encourage people to travel by train. The Scottish Government’s approach to ScotRail might discourage that. I am happy to meet the hon. Member to discuss that further.

Oral Answers to Questions

Rachel Hopkins Excerpts

Wednesday 28th April 2021 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I do, and I thank my hon. Friend for all the wonderful work that he does for his constituency. My message would be, yes, I hope that the people of Nottinghamshire will get out and vote Conservative. It is we who share their priorities on crime, on the NHS, on investment in infrastructure and on levelling up across our country, so I hope they will vote Conservative on 6 May.

[Rachel Hopkins (Luton South) (Lab) [V]]

When were the Prime Minister and his chief of staff first made aware of the plan for a European super league?

[The Prime Minister]

I first was made aware of the plan for a European super league on, I think, the Sunday night, and we acted decisively using the arsenal of legislative freedoms that we now have thanks to leaving the European Union, which the right hon. and learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer) opposed, of course. We acted decisively to make clear that the UK Government took a dim view of this matter. [Interruption.] And the same goes for my chief of staff.