Parliamentary search - First Great Western Franchise

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

445 c183-208WH

Session

2005-06

Department

Department for Transport

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Deposited Paper DEP 06/975
Tuesday, 16 May 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 06/974
Tuesday, 16 May 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons

Deposited Paper HINF 2006/942
Tuesday, 16 May 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Anthony Steen | 445 c183-5WH (Link to this contribution) First, I wish to thank you, Mr. Chope, for ensuring that this debate takes place, if you did so; if ...

Anthony Steen | 445 c185-7WH (Link to this contribution) : My right hon. and learned Friend must have seen the later parts of my speech, although of course I...

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Marquess of Lothian | 445 c185WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. I must also declare what I might call an info...

Anne Snelgrove | 445 c193WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and to the hon. Member for Totnes for calling for th...

Alison Seabeck | 445 c193-4WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend reinforces my earlier point: such lines are important to Plymouth for exactly those...

Speaker | 445 c194WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Before I call the next speaker, I must inform hon. Members that I shall call the Fro...

Alison Seabeck | 445 c193WH (Link to this contribution) : The right hon. and learned Gentleman makes an important point. One often hears Government official...

Marquess of Lothian | 445 c197WH (Link to this contribution) : Does my hon. Friend agree that there is a real paradox here? While these trains may not be particu...

Andrew Murrison | 445 c196-7WH (Link to this contribution) : Indeed it is. If the proposals go ahead, we shall see a massive reduction in the service: it will ...

James Gray | 445 c196WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend mentions the service from Swindon to Westbury and onwards. That service goes through ...

Andrew Murrison | 445 c196WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Mr. Steen) on initiating the debate. My consti...

Gary Streeter | 445 c194-6WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Chope; I shall be mercifully brief. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Tot...

Anthony Steen | 445 c187WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friends are helpfully answering the hon. Gentleman. In spite of their comments, he is real...

Lord Foster of Bath | 445 c187WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman puts a lot of the blame on the Government, and I understand why, but I wonder whe...

Lord Foster of Bath | 445 c198-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Totnes (Mr. Steen) on securing what has been an excellent debate ...

Geoffrey Cox | 445 c199-200WH (Link to this contribution) I shall be as brief as I possibly can and confine my remarks to specific matters relating to the Tam...

Sandra Gidley | 445 c197WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman refers to a line that has exercised me greatly. Is he aware that only in 2004, ad...

Andrew Murrison | 445 c197-8WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that intervention. The theme that she mentions seems to be a re...

Andrew Murrison | 445 c197WH (Link to this contribution) : My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right. No doubt he will have heard, as I have, from...

David Drew | 445 c192WH (Link to this contribution) : I must declare an interest: I have a strong link with the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Tra...

Alison Seabeck | 445 c192-3WH (Link to this contribution) : I agree with my hon. Friend, who I hope will join me in the meeting with First Great Western so th...

Marquess of Lothian | 445 c193WH (Link to this contribution) : I take the hon. Lady's point, but does she not agree that cars are for those who have them? Many p...

David Drew | 445 c187-8WH (Link to this contribution) I was a little taken aback when the hon. Gentleman said that the Government should get all the blame...

Alison Seabeck | 445 c191-2WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise to Members in the Chamber as I shall not be able to observe the usual courtesies and pro...

Anthony Steen | 445 c188-91WH (Link to this contribution) : I am not going to make any comments on that at the moment, but the point will be noted by the Mini...

Derek Twigg | 445 c207-8WH (Link to this contribution) : I know that my hon. Friend takes a great interest in the train services in his constituency and is...

Speaker | 445 c208WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Order. We must move on to the next debate.

Stephen Hammond | 445 c204WH (Link to this contribution) : I did not know that, but I am not surprised. That is a consequence of the proposed timetable, and ...

Lord Foster of Bath | 445 c203-4WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman referred to growing towns. The town of Frome is growing enormously and he may b...

Dan Norris | 445 c207WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way, as I know that he has limited time. Could he possibly ...

Derek Twigg | 445 c205-7WH (Link to this contribution) : I shall try to deal with as many issues as I possibly can in the short time available. First, I co...

Stephen Hammond | 445 c204-5WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that important point. We have heard a number of comment...

Geoffrey Cox | 445 c204WH (Link to this contribution) : Another example of which my hon. Friend may not be aware, although I hope that the Minister is awa...

Andrew Murrison | 445 c201WH (Link to this contribution) : Notwithstanding the hon. Gentleman's comments about CO2 emissions and his party's antipathy toward...

Paul Rowen | 445 c201-2WH (Link to this contribution) : I do not know how the hon. Gentleman can say that my party has an antipathy towards cars. However,...

Stephen Williams | 445 c202WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has been very generous with interventions. He mentioned the Severn Beach line and, ea...

Paul Rowen | 445 c202WH (Link to this contribution) : I agree entirely. We know about the difficulties between inter-city services, but there is also a ...

Stephen Hammond | 445 c202-3WH (Link to this contribution) Like the hon. Member for Rochdale (Paul Rowen), I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes ...

Paul Rowen | 445 c200WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Totnes (Mr. Steen) on securing this debate. The number of Members...

Paul Rowen | 445 c200-1WH (Link to this contribution) : I am sorry, Mr. Chope. The issue is the franchise specification. I want to read part of it, becau...

Speaker | 445 c200WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Order. It is customary to refer to hon. Members by their constituency names.

Paul Rowen | 445 c201WH (Link to this contribution) : I agree entirely. There was a golden opportunity in the timetable for the Government to demonstrat...

James Gray | 445 c201WH (Link to this contribution) : Does the hon. Gentleman not agree that taking account of where people live and the growth in rail ...

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