Department for Transport

I thank my hon. Friend for that point—I was just about to come to it—and agree absolutely.

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The Government said recently that they wanted to see the elimination of diesel traction on our ra...

My hon. Friend makes an important point, and I hope that the Minister will respond to it.

W...

I agree with a great deal of what the hon. Lady is saying, particularly her comments about the ap...

I shall be pleased to add that to my list of questions. The hon. Gentleman has been very clear ab...

Order. I thank the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) for giving the House ...

It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson), who has m...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) on securing...

This debate will, I am sure, unite the House in wanting more transport investment. We are chronic...

I rise to raise two concerns. The first is about the ending of the operating grant for Transport ...

My hon. Friend the Member for Brigg and Goole (Andrew Percy) is not alone on the Government Bench...

I welcome the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention. If the Minister is not willing to listen to me...

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that a letter of clarification was issued in November, which, if it h...

If the November letter is symbolic of a Government wanting to sort out the problems in a positive...

I share the concerns expressed by the hon. Member for Harrow West (Gareth Thomas) about the threa...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) for securing this ...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful case about the need for regional rebalancing. Does she agree ...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, as always.

The establishment of the first sub-nati...

May I start by thanking you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for your kindness in allowing me not to wear my j...

I do not wish to get into the argument about why franchising is not currently working, but does t...

Revenues go up and down; it is very difficult to forward-plan the income from a railway. The Virg...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) on securing...

Does my hon. Friend also think it is regrettable that the Department for Transport has blocked Lo...

Order. I do not want to stop the debate, but I am going to have to drop the time limit to four mi...

I will just say that I entirely agree with my hon. Friend and will not take any further intervent...

Order. I call Sir Robert Syms. You have four minutes.

5.43 pm

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I would like to support what the Government broadly are doing, whic...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) on securing...

I guess that there is at least one thing on which the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonp...

I, like a number of colleagues, will focus on community transport. As a Labour and Co-operative M...

Governments are usually driven by events—events that are unpredictable and therefore unpredicted....

Order. I do not really want to make the time limit three minutes, but if Members could just knock...

I rise to speak about railway costs, the way they have exploded in the past 25 years and what I t...

I want to focus on the south-west and, of course, North Devon. I say to the Government that we ha...

Order. I was hoping that the hon. Member for North Devon (Peter Heaton-Jones) might shave a littl...

I shall raise two points that are close to my heart. I raise the first in my role as co-chair of ...

Notwithstanding the weather, the House should be basking in the warm glow of success, at least as...

Order. The time limit will have to come down to three minutes. I was hoping every speaker could h...

As many Members have already suggested, our transport infrastructure plays a critical role in the...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate on transport. I am a member of the Transport Committee a...

In the three minutes available to me, I would like to make three brief points.

The first po...

I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Putney (Justine Greening) for having the foresight to...

I want to say a few words about the urgent need to support community transport providers. Those f...

Until a few months ago, I was a London Assembly member and I was always pleased to see the incred...

It is a pleasure to speak in this new world of estimates debates, which means that instead of deb...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) for opening the de...

This wide-ranging debate has covered everything from digital signalling to road maintenance, and ...

May I first thank everybody who has contributed to this very good debate? I would particularly li...

On account of the fact that we do not take this Question immediately, and by virtue of the commen...