Rail Performance

Debate between Richard Quigley and Nusrat Ghani

Monday 11th November 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mr Richard Quigley (Isle of Wight West) (Lab)]

rose—

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)]

Richard Quigley, can you confirm that you were here at the beginning of the Secretary of State’s statement?

[Mr Quigley]

No, I was not.

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[Madam Deputy Speaker]

I call Richard Quigley—honesty goes a long way.

[Mr Quigley]

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I truly am grateful. I was going to say that my train was late, but that would not actually be true. [Laughter.]

Speaking of my right hon. Friend being a heroine, finding a solution to the Isle of Wight ferries issue would result in our erecting a bronze statue on the seafront in Cowes. Does she agree that the Conservatives’ failed experiment with rail privatisation has caused passengers misery and cost millions? What will she do to make things better?