Speeches by Mather.

“(a) stating that it proposes to make the modifications,”

“(2) Before making modifications under this regulation, the ORR must give notice—”

“(1) The ORR may modify the conditions of a SNRP.”

““(1) When determining an appeal under this Chapter, the Office of Rail and Road must decide the matter on its merits, having regard to the objectives set out in this Act.”—(Jerome Mayhew.)”

““Modification of SNRPs by the ORR”

““For regulation 13 of the Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3050) substitute—”

“Modification of SNRPs”

“New Clause 50”

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“This amendment would change the current appeals provision so that appeals can be decided on the merits.”

“The Deputy Speaker put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time (Standing Order No. 83E).”

“Proceedings interrupted (Programme Order, 9 December).”

“The right hon. Lady is absolutely right that accountability and transparency should be at the heart of this. I think we have pointed to a bit of a discrepancy between the views of the major parties on how that should take place. It would be an interesting argument to say that, on the one hand, we did not want to microm…”

“Oh, go on then. Why not?”

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“I thank my right hon. Friend for reminding me of that important matter, and I would be glad to facilitate a meeting either with me, if that is most appropriate, or with the Rail Minister to take that conversation forward.”

“The hon. Member is a tireless advocate for his part of the country, and we can continue our conversations. I merely reflected the point that having things about specific transport projects on the face of legislation is not the right way to address it, in the view of the Government, but I would be glad to meet him to ta…”

“Absolutely. To build on my hon. Friend’s point, this is very much the start of the conversation, not the end of it, in thinking about how GBR can better integrate rail services that are run through mayoral strategic authorities with the wider network, with mayors of course being able to use funding for GBR services whe…”

““(5) In subsection (2)—”

“I could not agree more strongly with the sentiments expressed by my hon. Friend. He will know—we have discussed this—that under the council’s current arrangements, two members have lived experience of navigating the transport network with a disability. We fully expect that arrangement to continue. I applaud the efforts…”