Division Vote (Commons)
15 Jul 2025 - Welfare Spending -
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Simon Hoare (Con) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and against the House
One of
103 Conservative Aye votes vs
0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 440
Division Vote (Commons)
15 Jul 2025 - Taxes -
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Simon Hoare (Con) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and against the House
One of
94 Conservative Aye votes vs
0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 342
Written Question
Tuesday 15th July 2025
Asked by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the removal of the £2 cap on fairs on the number of people using buses in (a) Dorset and (b) England.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The final monitoring and evaluation report into the impact of the £2 bus fare cap, including analysis on bus usage, was published on 12 February, and the Department does not plan to publish any further reports on the £2 fare cap.
Trends in bus usage will continue to be monitored and reported through the Department’s national statistics which are published annually.
Written Question
Tuesday 15th July 2025
Asked by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish an analysis of the trends in bus usage for the full duration of the £2 bus cap.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The final monitoring and evaluation report into the impact of the £2 bus fare cap, including analysis on bus usage, was published on 12 February, and the Department does not plan to publish any further reports on the £2 fare cap.
Trends in bus usage will continue to be monitored and reported through the Department’s national statistics which are published annually.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Oral Answers to Questions
"It is often harder to see because it is more sparsely spread across larger rural areas, but I remind the Minister of what I know he knows: deprivation exists in our rural areas. Can I urge him to ensure that this does not become an issue of north versus south …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Privilege
"I agree wholeheartedly with the hon. Gentleman. If this place is not a champion of justice and its pursuit as a high court of Parliament, what is it?..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Privilege
"I beg to move,
That
(1) the transcript of unreported oral evidence taken from Mr Baxter by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in private session on 11 November 2009 be referred to the Committee of Privileges;
(2) the Committee consider the petition from the Secretary to the Omagh Bombing inquiry …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
State of Climate and Nature
"As a sponsor of the Climate and Nature Bill, I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement this afternoon. He is right to highlight that this is a national crisis, and many of us across the House are right to point out that it cannot be ignored and that inaction has …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Privilege
"I am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention, and I endorse it entirely. My hon. Friend the Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) and his Committee will look at the motion, if the House decides to pass it this evening, and I know he will have …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill
"As my right hon. Friend knows, I have a huge amount of respect and affection for him, and he is right to refer to the inalienable rights that a British citizen has in terms of access to justice and so forth, but surely he must accept that individuals facing deprivation …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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