Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

With this it will be convenient to consider:

Clause stand part.

Amendment 19, in clau...

It is good to see hon. Members so soon after the summer recess. I know that the Secretary of Stat...

I find the hon. Member’s comments on public ownership a bit rich, given that privatisation of our...

Unfortunately, the hon. Member is simply wrong in some of the statements she makes. I am not ideo...

The shadow Minister asks about the benefits that will accrue if this change is made. We on the La...

There are a few problems with what the hon. Member has just said. One is that he talks about thos...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

No, I will make some progress.

For the reasons I have described, we have also tabled amendm...

On impact assessments and how we can have confidence that DOHL will improve performance, we can l...

I accept some of the points that the hon. Gentleman made. That is why I said that the record of D...

The shadow Secretary of State is making a case from her ideological point of view, although she d...

I am sure the hon. Gentleman is about to finish.

I am, thank you. I will bring my remarks to a close by asking, is it not the case that the shadow...

The hon. Gentleman and I probably do have different views ideologically; I will acknowledge that....

I would be interested to know whether the hon. Lady has spoken to her immediate predecessor to un...

Unfortunately, the right hon. Lady’s approach is deeply flawed and risks our facing more strikes ...

As a point of information and for my assistance, it would be very helpful if Members wishing to b...

Thank you. I call Graham Stringer.

That was earlier than I expected, Ms Nokes!

Before I come to the amendment I have tabled, I...

The Liberal Democrats’ first principle is to put the rail user at the heart of any new arrangemen...

Does my hon. Friend agree that an essential part of that is addressing the problems that the rail...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and repeat that it remains to be seen how quickly th...

rose—

I am coming to the end of my remarks.

The Liberal Democrats want to work with the new Gover...

I will address my remarks to my amendment 7. It is a probing amendment, whose main purpose is to ...

I will not speak for a great deal of time, as this issue is largely devolved in Scotland. However...

I start by declaring an interest. I am proud of the fact that I am a trade unionist and have stro...

The privatisation of the railways was a privatisation too far, even for she whose portrait should...

Absolutely. If ever there was a charge of political dogma to be made, it must be about the fact t...

The Greens are not agnostic on privatisation. We very much support the principle of the Bill and ...

I call Abtisam Mohamed to make her maiden speech.

Thank you, Ms Cummins, for giving me the opportunity to speak. It is a real privilege to deliver ...

It was a real privilege to listen to the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed). Her...

I call Julia Buckley to make her maiden speech.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair, for allowing me to make my maiden speech. What a privilege it i...

I call Sorcha Eastwood to make her maiden speech.

I congratulate everyone who has made their maiden speech today, and I have to speak from the hear...

I call Paul Waugh to make his maiden speech.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It is an honour to make my maiden speech during the passage of such a lan...

I call Charlie Dewhirst to make his maiden speech.

Thank you, Madam Chair, for allowing me to catch your eye during this very important debate. I co...

I call Paul Davies to make his maiden speech.

I express my gratitude to you, Ms Cummins, for the chance to address the House for the first time...

I call Calum Miller to make his maiden speech.

It is an honour to be called to give my maiden speech, Ms Cummins. I start by thanking the hon. M...

I call Graeme Downie to make his maiden speech.

4.45 pm

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am delighted to make my maiden speech today as the first MP for the new...

I call Rebecca Smith to make her maiden speech.

It is a pleasure to follow the maiden speech of the hon. Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graem...

I call Jen Craft to make her maiden speech.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It is the honour of my life to address this House as the Member of Parlia...

I speak in support of amendment 20, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse),...

I agree with everything that my hon. Friend is saying, and I thank him for giving way. I just wan...

My hon. Friend is absolutely correct, and I am sorry I omitted to do that earlier. The passion ex...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) on her maiden speech. I am not ...

I call David Smith to make his maiden speech.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It is a real honour and privilege to be able to make my maiden speech tod...

I call Katrina Murray to make her maiden speech.

As a lifelong trade unionist who has spent the last 20 years championing bringing public services...

I call David Pinto-Duschinsky to make his maiden speech.

I wish to start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch (Katrina ...

I call Rachel Taylor to make her maiden speech.

It is an honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (David Pinto-Duschinsky), particul...

It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Madam Chair. I thank hon. Members of all partie...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will not give way to the hon. Lady, as she has had plenty of time to put her case.

Those ...

Our amendment 22 is not just about the current arrangement with Merseyrail and Transport for Lond...

I do not think that the Bill stops them doing that now, though we have no plans to extend the sco...

It is a pleasure to conclude the Committee of the whole House for the Opposition, and it has been...

Will the Serjeant at Arms investigate the delay in the No Lobby?

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

It has been an extraordinary privi...

I call the shadow Secretary of State.

7.34 pm

We recognise the Government’s mandate to nationalise the railways. We are not seeking to frustrat...