Rail Performance
Debate between Rebecca Smith and Nusrat Ghani(1 week, 3 days ago)
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
I call Select Committee member Rebecca Smith.
Rebecca Smith (South West Devon) (Con)
It has recently been brought to my attention that in Great Western Railway, which serves my constituency in Devon, drivers do not have contracts that ensure a seven-day-a-week service—the contracts do not include Sundays, so trains are regularly cancelled. In fact, four trains were cancelled yesterday, so one lady had been forced to catch the first train today instead. What plans does the Secretary of State have to equalise driver contracts under Great British Railways, to ensure that routes such as Paddington to Devon are fully staffed seven days a week, so that she can fulfil her promise to passengers?
Renters’ Rights Bill
Debate between Rebecca Smith and Nusrat Ghani(1 month, 1 week ago)
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
Order. We need to reduce the number of interventions, because they eat into other Back Benchers’ time.
Naushabah Khan
I will be brief, Madam Deputy Speaker. Does the hon. Member recognise that a number properties are taken out of the private rented sector to be used as temporary accommodation because landlords are able to get a better deal, sometimes from councils, and that that also has an impact on the market?