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Transport for London Funding

Debate on Tuesday, 15 December 2015, in the House of Commons, led by Gareth Thomas. The answering member was Robert Goodwill.
Motion that this House has considered Transport for London funding. Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
603 cc449-471WH 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Gareth Thomas | 603 c449WH (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered Transport for London funding.

I wish to...

Baroness Hoey | 603 c449WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the increased use of all public transport. Does he there...


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Gareth Thomas | 603 c450WH (Link to this contribution)

I bow to my hon. Friend’s much better knowledge of Vauxhall station. If she is concerned, I am su...

Baroness Hoey | 603 c450WH (Link to this contribution)

May I add a tiny point? The importance of Vauxhall bus station is that people are able to transfe...

Gareth Thomas | 603 cc450-1WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend has made her point, and I stand with her on her concerns about Vauxhall station.

Robert Goodwill | 603 c451WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman has outlined the massive increase in usage of the underground and other TfL tr...

Gareth Thomas | 603 c451WH (Link to this contribution)

I will talk about fares in a little while, and of course one has to look at TfL income in the rou...

Baroness Hoey | 603 c452WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is giving us a really good review of what is happening. Does he not think that TfL...

Gareth Thomas | 603 c452WH (Link to this contribution)

I share my hon. Friend’s scepticism about the garden bridge. Like her, I wonder whether that mone...

Clive Efford | 603 c452WH (Link to this contribution)

On the garden bridge, which no one has ever asked me for, TfL intends to build the Silvertown tun...

Gareth Thomas | 603 cc452-3WH (Link to this contribution)

Rather than getting into the detail of what may happen with the garden bridge, let me say that I ...

Robert Goodwill | 603 c453WH (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, given Oyster and the introduction of other smart ticketing sy...

Gareth Thomas | 603 cc453-4WH (Link to this contribution)

I might have been more sympathetic to the Minister’s intervention if there were not plans to shut...

Andy Slaughter | 603 c454WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is right to be suspicious of Transport for London’s motives. It is on record as sa...

Gareth Thomas | 603 cc454-5WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes a good point and I look forward to his speech, if he catches your eye later,...

Philip Hollobone | 603 c455WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. I have before me three of London’s finest Members and we have half an hour before I call t...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 603 cc455-7WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to see you presiding over our business, Mr Hollobone. I am not sure where the th...

Andy Slaughter | 603 cc456-460WH (Link to this contribution)

May I also congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow West (Mr Thomas) on securing this ti...

Clive Efford | 603 cc459-461WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to take part in this debate under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulat...

Jim Shannon | 603 c461WH (Link to this contribution)

It is always good to give a Northern Ireland flavour to a debate on London transport. The hon. Ge...

Clive Efford | 603 cc461-2WH (Link to this contribution)

I cannot think of a better reason to want more buses. To get even more parochial for a minute, I ...

Clive Efford | 603 c462WH (Link to this contribution)

I have a finishing time in order to allow the Minister time to respond, but if he will be brief, ...

Robert Goodwill | 603 c462WH (Link to this contribution)

I just point out that those who pay the congestion charge might argue that they are already payin...

Clive Efford | 603 cc462-3WH (Link to this contribution)

They might well, but there are bridges beyond Vauxhall. I can point all the bridges out to the Mi...

Drew Hendry | 603 cc463-4WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the hon. Member f...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 603 c464WH (Link to this contribution)

Some of us, like the hon. Gentleman, listened in the Chamber yesterday afternoon to the statement...

Drew Hendry | 603 cc464-5WH (Link to this contribution)

I agree about that frustration. As I have said, I will not try to use this debate to score points...

Daniel Zeichner | 603 cc465-6WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow West (Mr Thomas) on securing this debate, and...

Gareth Thomas | 603 c466WH (Link to this contribution)

Will my hon. Friend encourage the Minister to clarify—if not today, then shortly—whether the Brit...

Daniel Zeichner | 603 cc466-8WH (Link to this contribution)

I am sure that the Minister will have heard that point. My hon. Friend the Member for Poplar and ...

Philip Hollobone | 603 c468WH (Link to this contribution)

It would be appreciated if the Minister would be kind enough to allow Mr Thomas just a few minute...

Robert Goodwill | 603 cc468-9WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member for Harrow West (Mr Thomas) on securing this debate about Transpor...

Gareth Thomas | 603 c469WH (Link to this contribution)

I gently plead the parochial point that the Minister prioritises in the settlement letter the Met...

Robert Goodwill | 603 cc469-471WH (Link to this contribution)

I certainly take note of the hon. Gentleman’s point; no doubt that issue will be raised during th...

Gareth Thomas | 603 c471WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his replies to many of my specific questions and the manner in which he ...

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