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https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Amanda Hack | My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is really problematic if nobody is able to get to these hubs. | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | John Whitby | Towns across Derbyshire Dales such as Bakewell lack any connection to the rail network, leaving the 13 million people who travel to the Peak district mainly reliant on cars. Reinstating the peaks and dales line would be more environmentally friendly, help young people to get to work and education, and make it easier fo... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Amanda Hack | I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I think the Minister will be incredibly busy after this debate. The tourism connection my hon. Friend identifies is so important. My constituency is home to the heart of the national forest--I think it is an absolute travesty that people have to travel by car to get there. T... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Sarah Dyke | My constituency contains the longest stretch of rail without a station anywhere in the country. In fact, there are only eight stations in Somerset. Langport and Somerton fall right in the middle of that isolated area, despite the Paddington to Taunton line running straight through the towns. A new station could boost a... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Amanda Hack | I absolutely agree. Economic growth and getting people to where they need to go are the most important parts of this debate. | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Rachel Taylor | My hon. Friend will be aware that I used to own a retail shop in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in her constituency. Quite often, constituents of mine in Atherstone ask if they can have a direct bus service to get to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Will she join me in campaigning for that direct bus service, which would enable her c... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Amanda Hack | I thank my hon. Friend, whose constituency almost neighbours mine, for her intervention. I absolutely agree; buses and trains make up the bulk of my constituency casework, as people are struggling to get to where they need to go. I would happily campaign alongside my hon. Friend on that issue. | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Christopher Vince | My hon. Friend is being really generous in taking interventions. Every time I have seen an opportunity to make my point, someone else has jumped in. I thank her for giving me the opportunity to talk about Roydon in my constituency, which does have a train line. One of my concerns with Roydon is that the train is often ... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Amanda Hack | I have every sympathy with the point that my hon. Friend is making. My train has been cancelled for six decades, which shows the impact in my constituency. There is a real issue with connectivity. I would welcome the Minister setting out what assessment has been made of the economic benefits of previous lines in the re... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | James Naish | I am sorry for intervening on my hon. Friend, but as my constituency neighbour, I am sure she will understand why I do so. Many of her constituents use East Midlands Parkway station in my constituency to get down to London, and we are fortunate to have that direct line, but it is not electrified, which means that it is... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Amanda Hack | Electrification of that line is long overdue, and it is something that I worked on as a county councillor before I came to this place. It really will be important to the east midlands. My constituents tell me that if they are getting into their car to drive to the nearest station, they may as well just keep driving, an... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Andrew George | I will make a very brief intervention, as I want to make sure that the Minister has ample time to respond to the many points that have been raised. I must congratulate the hon. Member for Shrewsbury (Julia Buckley) on securing this debate, and I thank her for telling us about her wonderful constituency. It is indeed a ... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Anna Gelderd | Yesterday I, alongside many constituents, was trapped on the main line--the one line we have between Cornwall and London--as a fire on the line caused havoc for businesses and constituents. I pay tribute to the emergency services, who responded so well to that incident. However, I want to highlight how a journey that s... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Andrew George | I am enormously grateful to the hon. Member for making that point about vulnerability. At a number of points where the line is singled out--not just at Dawlish--a fire can have catastrophic consequences for the thousands of people seeking to travel on that day. One of my members of staff attempted to travel from Bristo... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Jayne Kirkham | Of course, superfast satellite wi-fi has been tested on our part of the line. Although we have slow trains, we have the opportunity for fast wi-fi to be rolled out, so that while people will be sat on their trains for five and a half hours, they can at least work or watch a film. | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Andrew George | Indeed, I was going to come to that point. Busy Members of Parliament, or other people engaged in busy lives, sat on that train do not want those five hours to be dead time in the working day. Reliable wi-fi services can allow people to continue their working days with online meetings and communication as they travel. ... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Rachel Taylor | I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury (Julia Buckley) for securing this important debate. She has spoken passionately, as she always does, about the benefits of a new route to link towns and cities from Wrexham through the west midlands to London. The proposed route would make a real difference to my constit... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Helen Morgan | One reason people use their cars instead of the railway is that they cannot access the platform because there are steps and no lift. Does the hon. Member agree that restoring step-free access to stations such Whitchurch in my constituency is critical to making sure that people can benefit from using the railway and do ... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Rachel Taylor | Absolutely. I have disabled constituents and disabled friends who want to use the railway, but sometimes just getting on to the platform is too difficult unless they have pre-booked assistance, and sometimes that assistance is not there when they need it, so I absolutely agree with the hon. Member. At a time when town ... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Steffan Aquarone | Connections to market towns in my constituency are vital for our tourism and hospitality industry. We have a great branch line service, but patrons of the much-lauded Gunton Arms and Suffield Arms will know that Gunton station quite often suffers from having trains only every two hours. Does the hon. Member agree that ... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Rachel Taylor | I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. I have used that very service myself on many trips to Cromer and Sheringham. I used the service from West Runton either to get into Cromer or to go all the way to Norwich, and also the other way to Sheringham, so I absolutely know what he means. I think I might have had to ge... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Jonathan Davies | I am pleased that my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury (Julia Buckley) has secured this debate about connections between London and rural towns by rail because many of the issues on which she touched apply to my own constituency in Derbyshire. This morning I was at Broomfield Hall college, an agricultural college w... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | James Naish | I just need to reinforce the point that my hon. Friend makes, because the east midlands already receives the lowest level of transport spending per head of any UK region or nation--just 56% of the UK average. Although I do not want to undermine the campaign of my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury (Julia Buckley), w... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Jonathan Davies | My hon. Friend makes an important point. I am glad that the Government have begun to address this shortfall. The investment of PS2 billion into the East Midlands combined authority under Mayor Claire Ward specifically to be used for transport will go some way towards addressing that, but there is a lot more to do becau... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Keir Mather | It is a pleasure to respond to this debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury (Julia Buckley) on securing it and for speaking so ardently about the critical importance of rail connections in rural areas. She also set out a strong case for the historic yet modern and classic yet avant-garde town of... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Chris Coghlan | My rural constituency is lucky enough to be only 21 miles from London, but the train from Dorking travels at 21 mph, which, according to my arithmetic, means that it takes one hour to get there. Some 1,900 people have signed a petition calling for a faster train, and the director of South Western Railway is interested.... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Keir Mather | I am very glad that the hon. Member managed to sneak in before the end of the debate. I cannot fault his maths on the challenge that he describes. I will ensure that his request for a meeting is passed on to the Rail Minister, who, I am sure, will be very glad to meet him. Colleagues must forgive me, because although I... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Ben Maguire | I thank the Minister for giving way right at the end of the debate. My constituency does not contain a single mainline station. The six Cornish MPs would also love to meet the Rail Minister. We have a plan called "Kernow Connect", and we have huge economic potential, with critical minerals and one of the world's deepes... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Keir Mather | I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I will ensure that his request is put through to the Rail Minister. Let me turn to the matter of direct services between Shrewsbury and London. I fully understand the desire of my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury for a direct connection to London. I reassure her and... | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Wendy Morton | Is there definitely space for open access in GBR? The Wrexham, Shropshire and midlands railway, which the hon. Member for Shrewsbury (Julia Buckley) talked about, is an open-access bid. | GBR | ||
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/scrapedxml/debates/debates2026-03-23a.xml | 2026-03-23T00:00:00 | Keir Mather | I thank the right hon. Lady for her contribution. She has made similar ones about open access, and I fully agree about how important it is. We believe that when GBR manages capacity across the rail network, it might create more opportunity for open-access services when the railway is run in a more cohesive way. Open ac... | GBR |
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