Southern Railway (Performance)

I congratulate my West Sussex neighbour, my right hon. Friend the Member for Arundel and South Do...

My hon. Friend raises a valid point about customer experiences, which do not seem to be heard abo...

I absolutely urge that. Communication is the heart of the problem. If there were real reasons for...

I will not go over all the issues raised so far, as my experiences of Southern mirror those of a ...

Does the hon. Lady agree that the issue that has come up time and again in the debate is the freq...

I absolutely agree with those points, which replicate the experience of a number of my constituen...

I add my voice to those we have heard this morning lamenting the woeful performance of Southern r...

Hear, hear.

Thank you.

Furthermore, if things do not improve in a reasonable time—say, one year—the ent...

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Order. We have about four minutes for each speaker. I call Tom Tugendhat.

10.22 am

Thank you for calling me, Mr Turner. I will be brief, because the points covered by many of my ho...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick Herbert) on secu...

Given that the debate is about punctuality and timekeeping, I shall come well within the four min...

My hon. Friend mentioned Uckfield in my constituency; locally, the line is called the “misery lin...

I happily do so. I note the reference to the “misery line”; perhaps I have become immune through ...

I thank the right hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick Herbert) for securing the debate ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for one thing: ScotRail has recently handed over some diesel carriages...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that worthwhile point. Of course, good rolling stock and engines o...

On the subject of fares for an inadequate service, does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is wholl...

I do not accept that calculation for Scotland. I could give the hon. Gentleman a lengthy argument...

It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner.

I begin by congratulat...

As always, the shadow Minister is saying a lot of things that I entirely agree with, and I am loo...

I agree that it would be very unfortunate if industrial action went ahead, because I know that it...

That you introduced—that Labour introduced.

That was introduced under privatisation.

We have heard today that compensation arrangements...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner, and I am sorry that the hon. Member...

My hon. Friend the Minister talks about the investment programme over the next five years. My com...

I appreciate my hon. Friend’s comment. I think that on the day of the Budget, it would be a fooli...