Rural Bus Services

I thank my hon. Friend for his wise intervention and I agree with both the points he makes. Howev...

In Northern Ireland the Rural Community Network scheme provides Government grant aid and assistan...

I applaud the scheme in Northern Ireland. The Minister will no doubt have heard the hon. Gentlema...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and I concur with everything he is saying, particularly abo...

I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s intervention and I agree with her entirely. I wonder whether t...

I utterly endorse the point about not dumping unpopular routes at the first opportunity. However,...

I welcome anything along those lines. I agree with my hon. Friend, and I am sure the Minister can...

I want to draw the attention of the House and, in particular, the Minister to the fact that in my...

I agree, and I think my hon. Friend has answered her own point: our hon. Friend the Member for He...

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I have got two hon. Friends wishing to intervene.

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way a second time—I will claim first place because I want to me...

Again, I agree with my hon. Friend. I have some experiences in my constituency—I am wandering sli...

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I give way to my hon. Friend.

Ahem!

I will give way to my hon. Friend next.

I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate on rural bus services. Does he agree that in some...

I am going to be very naughty now. Perhaps my hon. Friend was not present at the beginning of my ...

I was, I was!

He was, he was—in which case, I apologise profoundly. I mentioned the bus service operators grant...

My hon. Friend mentioned jobs. A number of my constituents who live in Cheddar, Axbridge and Chip...

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Order. Before the hon. Gentleman responds, let me say to the House that interventions are becomin...

I assure you, Madam Deputy Speaker, that I too will be very brief.

For all the reasons that...

Madam Deputy Speaker, with your permission, and I hope that of the Minister, as we have so much t...

Order. I feel I should just explain to Members, as they may not be familiar with this, that the M...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is very helpful to have that clarified, and I apologise for m...

I could not agree more with what my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole (Annett...

It is a pleasure to be in the Chamber this evening and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member f...

While I have heard every word that the Minister has said—it is all wonderful stuff, and I welcome...

I understand that problem and have set out the extensive amount of finance and will shortly set o...