Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 30 November 2005, in the House of Commons, led by Paul Rowen. The answering member was Derek Twigg.

Light Rail

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on light rail

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 440 c77-100WH
Session: 2005-06
Department: Department for Transport
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Kelvin Hopkins | 440 c78WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman rightly talks about the long-term costs and benefits, but other social, environme...; Graham Stringer | 440 c80-1WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Rochdale (Paul Rowen) on having secured the debate. Let me remind...; Speaker | 440 c80WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Order. Given the great interest in the debate, I ask hon. Members to bear in mind th...; Tony Lloyd | 440 c81-2WH (Link to this contribution) On my hon. Friend's point about regeneration, if we take a city or conurbation such as Greater Manch...; Paul Rowen | 440 c78-80WH (Link to this contribution) : I agree with the hon. Gentleman. There is no doubt that where trams are used regeneration has occu...; Kelvin Hopkins | 440 c80WH (Link to this contribution) : I am very supportive of the hon. Gentleman, but he talks about ROSCOs buying trams, and on the rai...; Paul Rowen | 440 c80WH (Link to this contribution) : I agree that the costs are high. However, I am trying to suggest a way forward in case the Governm...; George Howarth | 440 c84-6WH (Link to this contribution) I shall confine my remarks to Merseytram line 1 and lines 2 and 3, which would have followed had it ...; Peter Viggers | 440 c83-4WH (Link to this contribution) My constituency of Gosport is based on a peninsula, and the neighbouring town of Fareham is rapidly ...; Graham Stringer | 440 c82-3WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend makes a profound and important point, which the Transport Committee has made to Min...; Derek Twigg | 440 c86WH (Link to this contribution) : May I make it clear that that reflected Liverpool city council's legal advice? It said that it cou...; Speaker | 440 c90WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): There is just time for a cameo from Tony Lloyd.; Greg Mulholland | 440 c89WH (Link to this contribution) : Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Clive Betts | 440 c89-90WH (Link to this contribution) : No. I am sorry, but I will not give way, in view of the time. On funding, the Supertram in Sheffi...; Clive Betts | 440 c89WH (Link to this contribution) I shall be brief, Mr. O'Hara. I am a complete enthusiast for light rail, because of the experience o...; Speaker | 440 c89WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): With a reminder about the time, I call Mr. Betts.; Greg Mulholland | 440 c87-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rochdale (Paul Rowen) on securing this debate, on an oc...; George Howarth | 440 c86-7WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to the Minister for that clarification, but if he goes back to the transcript of his...; Tony Lloyd | 440 c90-1WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. O'Hara, I shall be watchful of the time. May I also congratulate the hon. Member for ...; John Pugh | 440 c91-2WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rochdale (Paul Rowen) on securing a timely and importan...; Kelvin Hopkins | 440 c92WH (Link to this contribution) : I am interested in the parallel with the railways in this context; Railtrack's cost per mile has r...; John Leech | 440 c98WH (Link to this contribution) In my constituency, a major benefit would be the resulting modal shift from car to tram. A local dev...; Derek Twigg | 440 c98-9WH (Link to this contribution) : I will come on to Metrolink in a bit more detail later, but it is clearly an attractive way to get...; John Hayes | 440 c99WH (Link to this contribution) : Will the Minister give way?; John Pugh | 440 c92-3WH (Link to this contribution) : Yes, there is a genuine reason to drill down into the costs and find out why they are as they are....; John Pugh | 440 c93-4WH (Link to this contribution) : There were extra expectations of the Merseyside political community that did not exist in Manchest...; George Howarth | 440 c93WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman should be more accurate about what I said. My comparison was specifically with ...; Derek Twigg | 440 c97-8WH (Link to this contribution) : I congratulate the hon. Member for Rochdale (Paul Rowen) on securing this important debate. It is ...; John Hayes | 440 c94-7WH (Link to this contribution) Trams were once used extensively in the UK, and at the peak there were 300 systems, but by the moder...; Derek Twigg | 440 c99-100WH (Link to this contribution) : I will not, if the hon. Gentleman does not mind, as time is limited. Through the transport innova...; John Hayes | 440 c100WH (Link to this contribution) : Will the Minister give way on that point?; Speaker | 440 c100WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Order. There is no time left.; Paul Rowen | 440 c78WH (Link to this contribution) : Yes, preparation for light rail schemes is often expensive, and local authorities and passenger tr...; Peter Viggers | 440 c77-8WH (Link to this contribution) I want to follow up the point about Government encouragement for light rapid transit system schemes....; Paul Rowen | 440 c77WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the House for agreeing to debate light rail. The subject is certainly timely, given yesterda...
Subjects: Contracts Costs Expenditure Procurement Rapid transit systems Trams Rolling stock
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