Speeches by Francis.

“Reform-led Kent county council wrote to Transport for London asking it to consider a number of options for bus route 96, with its preferred option being that it should terminate in Dartford town centre from now on. I will continue to fight for my constituents in Bexleyheath and Crayford to ensure that the route can ser…”

“As the Minister said, we were friends for many years in London local government prior to being elected to this place. I want to make two points. First, there is the issue of the Changing Places that have been provided in recent years and the amount of information out there about them. In the last week, I have written t…”

“As the Minister knows, I will hold her to account on this issue and continue to pursue it. I thank her very much for the commitments that she has given today that we can continue to pursue. I thank the hon. Members for Chester South and Eddisbury (Aphra Brandreth), for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) and for Strangford (Jim Shann…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered capital funding for Changing Places toilets. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate. At the outset, I declare an interest as the chair of the all-party parliamentary groups for acc…”

“We have talked about Wales a bit. I am an even more out-of-London MP than you, Chair. My borough, Bexley, does not have many 20 mph zones, and if you go on Facebook groups, you will see they say, “Don’t go to Lewisham. It’s terrible. It’s all 20 mph.” How do we learn from Wales—you touched on this a little bit—in terms…”

“Should England follow Wales and move towards a 20 mph zone as a national default speed limit on roads?”

“The only other thing on Wales I want to ask is about the effectiveness of the policy where some roads moved from 20 mph back to 30 mph. I know we have touched on that.”

“Before I go, on London and the boundary issues, like your example, Chair, I can think of one on the Bexley and Dartford boundary where you go from 70 mph to 50 mph to 40 mph to 30 mph to 20 mph back to 30 mph within two miles. How do you see that working from a London perspective? How do we work some of that out under …”

“I need to go shortly, but I will talk about the greatest part of the world first—of course, that’s London. Lilli, can you talk to us about the roll-out of 20 mph zones in London and the greatest challenges you have faced?”

“I have one last question. We politicians spend too much time looking on social media. The challenge always is how you convince Mrs Jones, because it is Mrs Jones when she sees you at the bus stop who gets convinced by what she is reading. The experience, as I am sure you know, Chair, was that the level of information o…”

“You said earlier there are 11 boroughs in London that do not have 20 mph limits, and in the main they are going to be the outer boroughs—boroughs like mine, of course. The last 20 mph area in my borough was introduced about 22 years ago. I was the cabinet member. It was a long time ago. Since then, the world has change…”

“What lessons would we learn in terms of communication and engagement?”

“I declare that one of my children is in receipt of the disability living allowance. I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and the interim report. Earlier, we heard—without irony—a list of criticisms from the Opposition about the personal independence payment that they handed over to this Government. Clearly, part …”

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“I thank the hon. Member for Horsham (John Milne) for securing the debate. I have supported my constituent Emma Hunwick and her campaigning on this issue. It is the third time I have attended a debate on this subject in the two years I have been an MP. I hear what the Minister says about research, but I think what suppo…”

“The ticket office is in my borough, but the platform is in the neighbouring borough.”

“Does the Department have a hierarchy within the modes that it would encourage people to use?”

“I travel on the channel tunnel twice a year, and the carrier knows that, in case of evacuation, one passenger in my vehicle is a wheelchair user. The information that comes from the carrier is poor, and my concern over the summer months ahead is about how that continues. People will have to get out of their vehicle for…”

“Can I just pick up a couple? Sorry, but these will be London examples. I just need to say that I was a consultant on this scheme, and I accept it was a previous Government, but the new station at Beam Park was across two London boroughs, Havering, and Barking and Dagenham, so it needed the integration of TfL and both t…”

“It is also that cross-interface, is it not? I will not go too much into it, but you have two planning authorities; one consented and one did not, but it got approval in the end. The houses are built, people have moved in, and then the train operating company says, “No, we’re not actually going to stop here.” You have 3…”