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Sustainable Railways

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

463 c687-705 

Session

2006-07

Department

Department for Transport

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Delivering a sustainable railway.
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Command papers
House of Lords
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Ruth Kelly | 463 c697 (Link to this contribution) I can tell the hon. Gentleman that Waterloo is identified as one of the railway stations in London t...

Russell Brown | 463 c697 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that my right hon. Friend has raised the issue of regulated, unregulated and discount...

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Ruth Kelly | 463 c697 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point, and the Rail Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgo...

Ed Davey | 463 c697 (Link to this contribution) Can the Secretary of State confirm that the works to convert platforms at Waterloo International for...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c697 (Link to this contribution) London Bridge is one of the stations that has also been identified in the output period, so between ...

Martin Linton | 463 c698 (Link to this contribution) I represent the inner-London commuters who get on the trains when the carriages are already full and...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c697 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. I understand that the first franchise that will offer the u...

Jacqui Lait | 463 c697 (Link to this contribution) When will the bottleneck at London Bridge be dealt with?

Joan Walley | 463 c696-7 (Link to this contribution) May I say how much we welcome the improvements in the west coast main line? Labour Members who trave...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c698 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes his case very eloquently. Of course, I will consult him and, indeed, other inte...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c691-2 (Link to this contribution) For a moment, I thought that the hon. Lady might actually welcome some aspects of the White Paper. H...

Gwyneth Dunwoody | 463 c692-3 (Link to this contribution) The Government have poured in large sums of money to rebuild the system and have started with a clea...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c693 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly consider that as the first representation on how the £150 million should be spent. ...

Theresa Villiers | 463 c689-91 (Link to this contribution) First, may I say that we welcome progress on Thameslink, Birmingham New Street, Reading and longer t...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c687-9 (Link to this contribution) With permission, I would like to make a statement about how the Government intend to strengthen the ...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c696 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, the right hon. Gentleman had his own role to play in failing to deliver Thameslink, but tod...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c696 (Link to this contribution) When the railway is entering an unprecedented era of growth, it would not be right for the Governmen...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c696 (Link to this contribution) From a sedentary position, my right hon. Friend the Minister of State whispered that we had the moth...

Lord Cormack | 463 c696 (Link to this contribution) While I wait with bated breath for tomorrow’s statement on motherhood and apple pie, will the right ...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c695 (Link to this contribution) I hear my hon. Friend’s representations on behalf of the west coast main line. I know how important ...

Eric Martlew | 463 c695 (Link to this contribution) If my right hon. Friend wants to see the difference between a Labour Government and a Conservative G...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c694-5 (Link to this contribution) I am also disappointed by the hon. Lady’s contribution. She gave no recognition to the fact that the...

Baroness Kramer | 463 c693-4 (Link to this contribution) The statement has been a disappointment. There has been a failure to recognise that there is huge pe...

Shona McIsaac | 463 c698 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s commitment to rural lines, which will certainly please the resident...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c698-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for her comments. I hope that she will have noted that Cleethorpes is one of ...

Adam Price | 463 c699 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the extra investment in Cardiff, Reading and Birmingham New Street, which will be very goo...

Martin Salter | 463 c699 (Link to this contribution) At least one of the two Reading MPs is here to applaud the Secretary of State for having the wisdom ...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c699 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his comments and pay tribute to him. Over the past few months—indeed long...

Lord McLoughlin | 463 c699 (Link to this contribution) Has the Secretary of State had a chance to visit Derby station? If she has, she will have seen that ...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c699-700 (Link to this contribution) I have had the opportunity to visit Derby station and the right hon. Gentleman makes his case with p...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 463 c698 (Link to this contribution) I welcome much of what the right hon. Lady has told the House this afternoon—in particular, her clea...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c698 (Link to this contribution) I was preparing myself to congratulate the hon. Lady on her wisdom, but I do not think that her comm...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c701 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes her case well. I can assure her that the very significant investment at Reading...

Stephen Williams | 463 c701 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the investment in Reading station. It will certainly improve services to the west as...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c700 (Link to this contribution) I will of course look at any proposal that an hon. Member puts before me, but I urge the hon. Gentle...

Fiona Mactaggart | 463 c701 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the proposal to invest £425 million in Reading station, but will my right hon. Frie...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c701 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that cannot give my right hon. Friend that assurance. He knows that those issues are for...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c701 (Link to this contribution) The Government, in conjunction with Network Rail and the train operating companies, always take seri...

Gavin Strang | 463 c701 (Link to this contribution) Whether it is for reasons of economic efficiency, global warming or simple traveller comfort, my rig...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c700 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right to draw the attention of the House to the importance of freight a...

Richard Shepherd | 463 c700 (Link to this contribution) Seven years ago, in the 10-year plan, the Government said that they would bring forward schemes to e...

Kelvin Hopkins | 463 c700 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s commitment to Thameslink, which serves my constituency an...

Peter Luff | 463 c703 (Link to this contribution) Is the Secretary of State aware that for the first time in many years, my constituents in Worcesters...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c703 (Link to this contribution) I assure the hon. Gentleman that as recently as last Thursday, First Great Western met my hon. Frien...

Diane Abbott | 463 c702 (Link to this contribution) The proposals in the White Paper will be widely welcomed, but is my right hon. Friend aware that, fo...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c702 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right that Crossrail is incredibly important to relieving overcrowding at some of ...

Christine Russell | 463 c702 (Link to this contribution) The very welcome refurbishment of Chester station has commenced, and in the past 12 months there has...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c702 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for her comments. Chester will benefit significantly from the proposals that ...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c702 (Link to this contribution) It is remarkable how representations from Opposition Back Benchers differ so profoundly from what Fr...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c704 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the work that my hon. Friend has done in championing the cause of Birmingham New St...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c704 (Link to this contribution) I can give the hon. Gentleman that assurance. There will be no rural line closures in the next seven...

Richard Burden | 463 c704 (Link to this contribution) I add my welcome for my right hon. Friend’s announcement of a £600 million investment to tackle bott...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c704 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that local authorities ought to have integrated transport ...

Christopher Fraser | 463 c704 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State referred to the non-closure of rural lines. Will she give a guarantee of inve...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c703 (Link to this contribution) I can tell the hon. Lady that the franchises currently in operation are already delivering benefits ...

Brian H Donohoe | 463 c703-4 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend go for a truly integrated transport system, and do more about car parking ...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c703 (Link to this contribution) I have to tell my hon. Friend that those are predominantly issues for Network Rail. It has the neces...

Anne Main | 463 c703 (Link to this contribution) I notice that the statement said that there is to be a welcome focus on passengers, and a greater in...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c705 (Link to this contribution) There will be an increase in capacity at Waterloo station, which I think will serve Exeter too. Some...

Richard Younger-Ross | 463 c704-5 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister confirm whether any money for the 154 railway stations is to go to Devon stations, ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 463 c696 (Link to this contribution) In her statement the Secretary of State announced increases in the capacity of the railway system, a...

John McDonnell | 463 c696 (Link to this contribution) The Labour party in Scotland made proposals for operating train passenger services on a not-for-prof...

Ruth Kelly | 463 c699 (Link to this contribution) I am certainly glad that the hon. Gentleman welcomes the investment in Cardiff station, which will r...

Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 463 c702 (Link to this contribution) Like other hon. Members, I have also been lobbying on my constituents’ behalf in respect of the Firs...

Jeremy Corbyn | 463 c703 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement and the reiteration of support for the railway network. Will the Secretary o...

Subjects

Fares Finance Investment Procurement Railway stations Railways Overcrowding Standards Safety Tickets Rolling stock Thameslink line Reading Station Birmingham New Street Station

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