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Northern Rail Hub

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Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

538 c296-319WH 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Transport

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Jason McCartney | 538 c296WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes an excellent point. When I sum up, I will re-emphasise that we will only get the...

Julian Sturdy | 538 c296-7WH (Link to this contribution) I commend my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. He is right about the economic growth th...

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Jason McCartney | 538 c296WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hood. As one of the vice-chairmen of the all-p...

Yasmin Qureshi | 538 c296WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is important that all parts of the northern hub project are pr...

Jason McCartney | 538 c298WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for mentioning that issue, which we were talking about at the all-party group ...

Julie Hilling | 538 c298WH (Link to this contribution) On the hon. Gentleman's point about not being able to collect fares, does he have the same problem o...

Jason McCartney | 538 c297-8WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a fantastic point, which was also made after the statement on High Speed 2. As ...

Louise Ellman | 538 c298WH (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman aware that the Transport Committee's recent report on high-speed rail makes sp...

Jason McCartney | 538 c298-9WH (Link to this contribution) Yes. The chairman of the all-party group on rail in the north makes a fantastic point. I was travell...

Guy Opperman | 538 c303-4WH (Link to this contribution) Some would say, ““Quite right, too.”” I do not think that everybody else is doing that, but the poin...

Karl McCartney | 538 c303WH (Link to this contribution) Quite right.

Stuart Andrew | 538 c306WH (Link to this contribution) It has nothing to do with me; it is up to the Minister. Thinking about the economy, my constituency...

Karl McCartney | 538 c306WH (Link to this contribution) Please do not forget Lincolnshire either, and Lincoln.

Iain Stewart | 538 c306WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend touches on an important point, because if we are serious about wanting to achieve a m...

Stuart Andrew | 538 c305-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hood. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member...

Graham Stringer | 538 c304-5WH (Link to this contribution) I will, like the hon. Member for Hexham (Guy Opperman), curtail what I was going to say. I congratul...

Stuart Andrew | 538 c306WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend never ceases to remind us that Yorkshire goes further east than Leeds. I support his ...

Andrew Percy | 538 c306WH (Link to this contribution) Talk about east-west travel is often about going from Leeds to Manchester, but there is Yorkshire an...

Guy Opperman | 538 c303WH (Link to this contribution) I will try to be a little briefer and more directly to the point. I make the fundamental point that ...

Angela C Smith | 538 c301-3WH (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with that point. The northern hub would do a great deal to help tackle the economic...

Yasmin Qureshi | 538 c301WH (Link to this contribution) As somebody who formerly lived in the south, I am very happy about the funding for Crossrail. Is it ...

Angela C Smith | 538 c300-1WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Jason McCartney) on securing the debate. It is apt ...

Speaker | 538 c300WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I inform right hon. and hon. Members that I have eight Members on my speakers' list, plus the...

Jason McCartney | 538 c300WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman represents Stalybridge, which is just over the Pennines. Obviously, I have been t...

Jonathan Reynolds | 538 c299-300WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. I very much enjoyed his use of the phrase ...

Jason McCartney | 538 c299WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. In our part of West Yorkshire, Grand Central has increased ...

Martin Vickers | 538 c299WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a splendid case, as always, and is speaking up for his constituents. Does h...

Yasmin Qureshi | 538 c311WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that hon. Members here have no problem with investment in rail projects throughout the cou...

Julie Hilling | 538 c311WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, which is interesting. It has been interesting during th...

Rosie Cooper | 538 c312-3WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure, Mr Hood, to have the opportunity to serve under your chairmanship today. I congrat...

Julie Hilling | 538 c311-2WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. Of course, it is not easy to find money, and I agree th...

Rosie Cooper | 538 c313WH (Link to this contribution) I did not quite hear all of that, but I am hopeful that a service on the Burscough curves will event...

John Pugh | 538 c313WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Lady recognise that the Government are taking a huge step in restoring the Todmorden c...

Theresa Villiers | 538 c315-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Hood. This has been a great debate, and I cong...

Lord Walney | 538 c313-5WH (Link to this contribution) It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hood, and I, too, congratulate the hon. Member ...

Theresa Villiers | 538 c317-9WH (Link to this contribution) As I said, we have asked Network Rail to consider in greater detail the value-for-money case for the...

Julie Hilling | 538 c317WH (Link to this contribution) I am slightly puzzled. The argument is that the whole of the hub gives the 4:1 benefit ratio. There ...

Louise Ellman | 538 c308WH (Link to this contribution) I have seen that report. It is significant that we register such great disparities, but it is even m...

David Mowat | 538 c308WH (Link to this contribution) On the point about the difference in spend between the north and the south, the hon. Lady may have s...

Louise Ellman | 538 c309WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Hood. I hope that the Minister can give us an assurance today that she recognises the...

Speaker | 538 c309WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I will be calling the Opposition spokesman no later than 5 minutes to 4. The debate will now ...

Louise Ellman | 538 c308-9WH (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with the hon. Gentleman. We want modern, new rail, not only on the new High Speed 2...

Julian Sturdy | 538 c308WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes a powerful case for HS2, and if we are to make high-speed rail a success, we nee...

Graham Stringer | 538 c311WH (Link to this contribution) During the debate I have done some arithmetic, which I believe is right, and which my hon. Friend ma...

Julie Hilling | 538 c310-1WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Jason McCartney) on securing this debate, and on hi...

John Pugh | 538 c309-10WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Jason McCartney) on stimulating this important deba...

Stuart Andrew | 538 c306-7WH (Link to this contribution) That is exactly why the northern hub is so crucial. It represents a recognition that we have to fuel...

Jason McCartney | 538 c299WH (Link to this contribution) As I said, many other issues surround rail travel but this debate is primarily about the northern hu...

Louise Ellman | 538 c307-8WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Jason McCartney) on securing the debate, which come...

Subjects

Capital investment Infrastructure Greater Manchester Leeds Railways Railway network Liverpool Sheffield South Yorkshire North Yorkshire North East Lancashire West Yorkshire North West

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