Railway Ticket Offices
Before I call Chris Loder to move the motion, I want to give Members as much advance notice as po...
I beg to move,
That this House has considered railway ticket offices.
It is a pleasur...
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My hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech. Scunthorpe is another station that will see a huge r...
I wholly agree with my hon. Friend that there is a lack of understanding about this issue, and I ...
I thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this important debate. I assure him that I am here not on...
I will highlight some of the issues in a moment. There is clearly a veil, behind which is hidden ...
To completely alter decent ticket services for constituents is wrong, primarily because of what t...
I will address those points later, if the hon. Gentleman will allow me.
Moving staff from b...
Staff cuts are also proposed at Barnes, Earlsfield, Putney and Wandsworth Town stations, which se...
Some of the hon. Lady’s questions are for the Minister to address later, but I agree that a numbe...
My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech and I congratulate him on securing the debate. There i...
I thank my right hon. Friend, who I think is entirely in agreement with a lot of what I have to s...
Those wishing for closures argue that only 12% of tickets are bought at the ticket office, but I ...
Anyone would think that my hon. Friend has had prior sight of my speech. Yes, I agree with him, a...
On that point, I am staunchly against the proposals for not only a reduction in staffing hours bu...
I agree that my hon. Friend shares many of the same difficulties and challenges that I face in We...
I have an email from a whistleblower who works for Abellio Greater Anglia. The key thing it says ...
I thank my right hon. Friend for his contribution and support.
There is a significant Acces...
My hon. Friend seems to be describing my journey home this evening. He is outlining the reason wh...
My hon. Friend is taking the concluding words of my speech out of my mouth.
If a customer w...
As everyone can see, this is a heavily subscribed debate. I want you to help each other. I have 1...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for Wes...
Will my hon. Friend give way?
Unfortunately, my time has run out; I hope my hon. Friend will forgive me.
9.54 am
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate my hon. Friend the M...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Davies. As the SNP disabilities spokesperson, ...
Will the hon. Member give way?
No.
None of this is of any use to people who are visually impaired or deaf, older people, p...
It is a pleasure to speak under your chairship, Mr Davies. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Memb...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I want to discuss my opposition to ...
The second highest number of signatures on the petition against these proposals comes from my con...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for ...
My constituency has three railway stations: Warrington Central, Warrington Bank Quay and Warringt...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Davies.
I congratulate the hon. Member f...
I wondered whether my former shadow might raise that issue. The people in Spalding in Lincolnshir...
That was so well articulated, but the reality is that companies are issuing section 188 notices a...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies, and I congratulate my hon. Friend t...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Davies. In rural communities like the one wher...
Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the bizarre things about the proposal affecting Axminst...
People who live in Axminster recognise that the station will be poorly served, and they as consti...
My constituents, rail user groups and I are absolutely flabbergasted by these proposals. We are f...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I have been vocal in my opposition ...
Northern rail proposes to reduce ticket office hours at Levenshulme and Gorton stations in my con...
I fully agree with my hon. Friend’s important point. What happens when a ticket machine does not ...
This is an excellent debate and I am delighted that it was raised. Supposedly, the driver for clo...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for ...
I congratulate my good friend the Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) on securing the debate. My...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. Both the proposal and the process h...
I am fortunate to have 10 railway stations in my constituency, but only one, Cleethorpes, current...
I thank colleagues for their co-operation while we got through so many speeches.
10.31 am
It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for West Dors...
A few moments ago the hon. Member talked about ticket pricing, and staff do assist passengers thr...
That is absolutely correct. The staff have the experience and knowledge to do that. It goes back ...
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Davies. I thank the hon. Member for West Dors...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I thank my hon. Friend the Member f...
Will the Minister give way?
I will make some progress and then I may have some time to take interventions.
Together wit...
Will the Minister give way?
Yes, even though I said I would not do so for a while.
On the point about growth in the industry, the Minister and I both know that the growth in real p...
To keep some structure to my speech, I will come later to a response that I hope will address tha...
Will the Minister give way?
Sorry, I will not give way due to the time available.
It remains important that we reform o...
Order. The Minister must be heard.
Thank you, Mr Davies. Crucially, the Secretary of State and I have been clear in our expectation ...
I thank the Minister for his response, and every Member for their contribution. My question to th...
Order.
Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).