Robert Stephenson and Company: 200th Anniversary

Debate on Wednesday, 5 July 2023, in the House of Commons, led by Chi Onwurah. The answering member was Huw Merriman.

Motion that this House has considered the potential merits of Government support for the 200th anniversary of Robert Stephenson and Company, Newcastle. Agreed to on question.

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

735 cc324-330WH

Session

2022-23

Department

Department for Transport

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Caroline Nokes | 735 c324WH (Link to this contribution)

I will call Chi Onwurah to move the motion and will then call the Minister to respond. There will...

Chi Onwurah | 735 cc324-6WH (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the potential merits of Government support fo...

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Caroline Nokes | 735 c327WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. May I remind the hon. Lady that she needs to stick quite tightly to the matter of Governme...

Chi Onwurah | 735 c327WH (Link to this contribution)

I appreciate that, Ms Nokes. The reason why we need Government support for the Robert Stephenson ...

Caroline Nokes | 735 c327WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. May I remind the hon. Member that I really do not want her to start straying into her own ...

Chi Onwurah | 735 c327WH (Link to this contribution)

I am just concluding.

Speaking as the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, I know that t...

Huw Merriman | 735 cc327-8WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes. I thank the hon. Member for Newcastle

Chi Onwurah | 735 c328WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his comments and support for the celebration of Railway 200, but the deb...

Huw Merriman | 735 cc328-9WH (Link to this contribution)

We are focused on the 200th year of the delivery of the railway. It is one of those matters where...

Caroline Nokes | 735 c329WH (Link to this contribution)

I will accept 200 years of railways, but not wind farms.

Huw Merriman | 735 cc329-330WH (Link to this contribution)

Okay, Ms Nokes—we will do just that. Of course, I will be stopped if you feel I am going off trac...

Chi Onwurah | 735 c330WH (Link to this contribution)

The title of the debate is “Robert Stephenson and Company: 200th Anniversary”, and we should be c...

Caroline Nokes | 735 c330WH (Link to this contribution)

May I interject? I allowed the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah), who is ...

Huw Merriman | 735 c330WH (Link to this contribution)

I apologise, Ms Nokes. I love debates in which we can talk about the matters at hand. We of cours...

Subjects

Anniversaries

Cultural heritage

Railways

Newcastle upon Tyne

Factories

Locomotives

Robert Stephenson and Company

Link

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