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Railway Ticket Offices

Debate on Wednesday, 13 September 2023, in the House of Commons, led by Chris Loder. The answering member was Huw Merriman.
Motion that this House has considered railway ticket offices. Motion lapsed.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
737 cc323-348WH 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Railway Ticket Offices
Monday, 11 September 2023
Research briefings
Proceeding contributions
Philip Davies | 737 c323WH (Link to this contribution)

Before I call Chris Loder to move the motion, I want to give Members as much advance notice as po...

Chris Loder | 737 c323WH (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered railway ticket offices.

It is a pleasur...


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Holly Mumby-Croft | 737 c323WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech. Scunthorpe is another station that will see a huge r...

Chris Loder | 737 cc323-4WH (Link to this contribution)

I wholly agree with my hon. Friend that there is a lack of understanding about this issue, and I ...

Munira Wilson | 737 c324WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this important debate. I assure him that I am here not on...

Chris Loder | 737 c324WH (Link to this contribution)

I will highlight some of the issues in a moment. There is clearly a veil, behind which is hidden ...

Jim Shannon | 737 c324WH (Link to this contribution)

To completely alter decent ticket services for constituents is wrong, primarily because of what t...

Chris Loder | 737 cc324-5WH (Link to this contribution)

I will address those points later, if the hon. Gentleman will allow me.

Moving staff from b...

Fleur Anderson | 737 c325WH (Link to this contribution)

Staff cuts are also proposed at Barnes, Earlsfield, Putney and Wandsworth Town stations, which se...

Chris Loder | 737 c325WH (Link to this contribution)

Some of the hon. Lady’s questions are for the Minister to address later, but I agree that a numbe...

John Hayes | 737 c325WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech and I congratulate him on securing the debate. There i...

Chris Loder | 737 c325WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank my right hon. Friend, who I think is entirely in agreement with a lot of what I have to s...

Matt Vickers | 737 c325WH (Link to this contribution)

Those wishing for closures argue that only 12% of tickets are bought at the ticket office, but I ...

Chris Loder | 737 c326WH (Link to this contribution)

Anyone would think that my hon. Friend has had prior sight of my speech. Yes, I agree with him, a...

Robbie Moore | 737 c326WH (Link to this contribution)

On that point, I am staunchly against the proposals for not only a reduction in staffing hours bu...

Chris Loder | 737 c326WH (Link to this contribution)

I agree that my hon. Friend shares many of the same difficulties and challenges that I face in We...

Mark Francois | 737 c326WH (Link to this contribution)

I have an email from a whistleblower who works for Abellio Greater Anglia. The key thing it says ...

Chris Loder | 737 cc326-7WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank my right hon. Friend for his contribution and support.

There is a significant Acces...

Anthony Mangnall | 737 c327WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend seems to be describing my journey home this evening. He is outlining the reason wh...

Chris Loder | 737 cc327-8WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is taking the concluding words of my speech out of my mouth.

If a customer w...

Philip Davies | 737 c328WH (Link to this contribution)

As everyone can see, this is a heavily subscribed debate. I want you to help each other. I have 1...

Navendu Mishra | 737 cc328-9WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for Wes...

Navendu Mishra | 737 c329WH (Link to this contribution)

Unfortunately, my time has run out; I hope my hon. Friend will forgive me.

9.54 am

Kevin Foster | 737 cc329-330WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate my hon. Friend the M...

Marion Fellows | 737 c330WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Davies. As the SNP disabilities spokesperson, ...

Marion Fellows | 737 c330WH (Link to this contribution)

No.

None of this is of any use to people who are visually impaired or deaf, older people, p...

Sally-Ann Hart | 737 cc330-1WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to speak under your chairship, Mr Davies. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Memb...

Margaret Greenwood | 737 c331WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I want to discuss my opposition to ...

Mark Francois | 737 cc331-2WH (Link to this contribution)

The second highest number of signatures on the petition against these proposals comes from my con...

Mick Whitley | 737 cc332-3WH (Link to this contribution)

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

Andy Carter | 737 c333WH (Link to this contribution)

My constituency has three railway stations: Warrington Central, Warrington Bank Quay and Warringt...

Andy McDonald | 737 cc333-4WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Davies.

I congratulate the hon. Member f...

John Hayes | 737 c334WH (Link to this contribution)

I wondered whether my former shadow might raise that issue. The people in Spalding in Lincolnshir...

Andy McDonald | 737 c334WH (Link to this contribution)

That was so well articulated, but the reality is that companies are issuing section 188 notices a...

Peter Gibson | 737 cc334-5WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies, and I congratulate my hon. Friend t...

Richard Foord | 737 c335WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Davies. In rural communities like the one wher...

Chris Loder | 737 c335WH (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the bizarre things about the proposal affecting Axminst...

Richard Foord | 737 cc335-6WH (Link to this contribution)

People who live in Axminster recognise that the station will be poorly served, and they as consti...

Priti Patel | 737 c336WH (Link to this contribution)

My constituents, rail user groups and I are absolutely flabbergasted by these proposals. We are f...

Mohammad Yasin | 737 cc336-7WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I have been vocal in my opposition ...

Afzal Khan | 737 c337WH (Link to this contribution)

Northern rail proposes to reduce ticket office hours at Levenshulme and Gorton stations in my con...

Mohammad Yasin | 737 c337WH (Link to this contribution)

I fully agree with my hon. Friend’s important point. What happens when a ticket machine does not ...

Anne Marie Morris | 737 cc337-8WH (Link to this contribution)

This is an excellent debate and I am delighted that it was raised. Supposedly, the driver for clo...

Helen Hayes | 737 c338WH (Link to this contribution)

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

Derek Thomas | 737 cc338-9WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my good friend the Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) on securing the debate. My...

Richard Burgon | 737 c339WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. Both the proposal and the process h...

Martin Vickers | 737 cc339-340WH (Link to this contribution)

I am fortunate to have 10 railway stations in my constituency, but only one, Cleethorpes, current...

Philip Davies | 737 c340WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank colleagues for their co-operation while we got through so many speeches.

10.31 am

Chris Stephens | 737 cc340-1WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for West Dors...

Andy McDonald | 737 c341WH (Link to this contribution)

A few moments ago the hon. Member talked about ticket pricing, and staff do assist passengers thr...

Chris Stephens | 737 cc341-2WH (Link to this contribution)

That is absolutely correct. The staff have the experience and knowledge to do that. It goes back ...

Stephen Morgan | 737 cc342-4WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Davies. I thank the hon. Member for West Dors...

Huw Merriman | 737 cc344-5WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I thank my hon. Friend the Member f...

Huw Merriman | 737 c345WH (Link to this contribution)

I will make some progress and then I may have some time to take interventions.

Together wit...

Huw Merriman | 737 c345WH (Link to this contribution)

Yes, even though I said I would not do so for a while.

Andy McDonald | 737 c345WH (Link to this contribution)

On the point about growth in the industry, the Minister and I both know that the growth in real p...

Huw Merriman | 737 cc345-6WH (Link to this contribution)

To keep some structure to my speech, I will come later to a response that I hope will address tha...

Huw Merriman | 737 c346WH (Link to this contribution)

Sorry, I will not give way due to the time available.

It remains important that we reform o...

Philip Davies | 737 c347WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. The Minister must be heard.

Huw Merriman | 737 cc347-8WH (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Mr Davies. Crucially, the Secretary of State and I have been clear in our expectation ...

Chris Loder | 737 c348WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his response, and every Member for their contribution. My question to th...

Philip Davies | 737 c348WH (Link to this contribution)

Order.

Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).

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