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Thameslink

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

505 c25-48WH 

Session

2009-10

Department

Department for Transport

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Patrick Hall | 505 c25WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to have secured this Adjournment debate about planned major improvements to a transport...

Andrew Pelling | 505 c25-6WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise that I am not a member of the hon. Gentleman's all-party Thameslink route group. Someone...

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Patrick Hall | 505 c26WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman anticipates my comments, although I shall not speak against any other project. Cr...

Mark Field | 505 c26-7WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman rightly makes the case for the benefits of extending Thameslink to each and every...

Patrick Hall | 505 c27WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed, the whole of the programme is predicated upon delivering that capacity through engineering c...

Simon Hughes | 505 c27WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows that I have had disagreements with Thameslink over its choice of the route ...

Patrick Hall | 505 c28WH (Link to this contribution) I understand that there are concerns about maintenance on the whole rail network. This is not the pl...

Bob Laxton | 505 c29WH (Link to this contribution) It is crucial for my constituents and for the rail industry in total that this order goes to the onl...

Patrick Hall | 505 c27-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure they do. As far as the Thameslink programme is concerned, some people think that Bermondse...

David Lepper | 505 c28WH (Link to this contribution) I suspect that my hon. Friend will give us some more information about the number of workers employe...

Patrick Hall | 505 c29WH (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's point and share his view. Of course, the process for dealing with bids...

Bob Spink | 505 c29WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with what the hon. Member for Derby, North (Mr. Laxton) said in the previous intervention. W...

Patrick Hall | 505 c29WH (Link to this contribution) The degree of state subsidy in railway systems around the world is an interesting question that I wo...

Patrick Hall | 505 c29-30WH (Link to this contribution) If my hon. Friend wishes to secure an Adjournment debate on the case for public ownership of the nat...

Kelvin Hopkins | 505 c29WH (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to my hon. Friend. I will be brief. Does he accept that a major cause of the rise...

Patrick Hall | 505 c29WH (Link to this contribution) I will be speaking for a long time if I take interventions on the cost of travel to the passenger. N...

Norman Baker | 505 c30WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Gentleman agrees that we cannot stop-start railway projects, which are long-ter...

Patrick Hall | 505 c30WH (Link to this contribution) I certainly endorse that example of parties working together in the country's interests, because tha...

David Lepper | 505 c30WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that First Capital Connect should have been swifter in coming forward with...

Patrick Hall | 505 c30-2WH (Link to this contribution) Because things were happening so fast daily, and with the exceptional weather, it was probably diffi...

Speaker | 505 c32WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind hon. Members who wish to contribute to the debate that the Front-Bench contributions...

Simon Hughes | 505 c33WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's sensitive reference to that issue. Only time will tell, altho...

Lord Horam | 505 c32-3WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Bedford (Patrick Hall) on securing this debate. He is an energeti...

Kelvin Hopkins | 505 c34-5WH (Link to this contribution) I shall try to be as brief as possible to enable other hon. Members to speak. First, I congratulate ...

Lord Horam | 505 c33-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister will hear what the hon. Gentleman has said. The final point made by the ...

Kelvin Hopkins | 505 c35-6WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that. It is welcome. One other point is that there are signalling and ele...

Chris Mole | 505 c35WH (Link to this contribution) I hope to be able to advise my hon. Friend. This may not negate the need for the engineering review ...

Simon Hughes | 505 c37-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to hear that. The Minister is very welcome to visit my constituency socially, as well a...

Laura Moffatt | 505 c38-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bedford (Patrick Hall) on raising this important issue....

Simon Hughes | 505 c36-7WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Member for Bedford (Patrick Hall) for the opportunity provided by the deba...

Chris Mole | 505 c37WH (Link to this contribution) I assure the hon. Gentleman that I tried to visit Tate Modern over the Christmas period and I know e...

Chris Mole | 505 c42WH (Link to this contribution) I assure the hon. Gentleman that some of the high-level output specification additional rolling stoc...

Norman Baker | 505 c41-2WH (Link to this contribution) I heard that he was open-minded, but also that he was uncertain about the conclusion, which is why I...

Kelvin Hopkins | 505 c41WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman may have heard my question, following one from the hon. Member for North Southwar...

Norman Baker | 505 c40-1WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Bedford (Patrick Hall) on his speech and on the work that he has ...

Bob Laxton | 505 c40WH (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely. That is why it is vital that a UK-based company should win the work. I am on reco...

Kelvin Hopkins | 505 c40WH (Link to this contribution) I absolutely support my hon. Friend's point that the contract should go to Bombardier. However, this...

Bob Laxton | 505 c39-40WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bedford (Patrick Hall) on securing this debate. I ackno...

Norman Baker | 505 c43WH (Link to this contribution) I have no doubt that some are in service, but that is not quite the point that I was making, which w...

Kelvin Hopkins | 505 c43WH (Link to this contribution) Two of my constituents work in south London, but only because they can travel through London on Tham...

Norman Baker | 505 c43WH (Link to this contribution) They do, and the opening of the Snow Hill tunnel has been a transformation. We ought to build on suc...

Stephen Hammond | 505 c43-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure, Lady Winterton, to see you in the Chair. I congratulate the hon. Member for ...

Chris Mole | 505 c44WH (Link to this contribution) I assure the hon. Gentleman that the development of the detailed timetable is a task for the future,...

Stephen Hammond | 505 c44-5WH (Link to this contribution) I shall keep that promise tucked away. Key output 2 is crucial. A number of Members have referred t...

Norman Baker | 505 c45WH (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman has asked the Minister many questions, may I ask him one? If there is a Conser...

Stephen Hammond | 505 c45WH (Link to this contribution) I need the answers to all my questions before I can make a reasonable judgment on that question. I ...

Chris Mole | 505 c45-8WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bedford (Patrick Hall) on securing this debate. As chai...

Patrick Hall | 505 c48WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister take the opportunity to make it crystal clear that he and the Government are commi...

Chris Mole | 505 c48WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend stopped me from getting to my next paragraph. I wanted to say that the construction w...

Subjects

Construction Railways Passengers Overcrowding First Capital Connect Bombardier Transportation Thameslink line

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