Speeches by Gilmour.
Every Hansard contribution by Rachel Gilmour this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 161–180 of 425 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sept 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1232) “I am perplexed. Can you tell me why it took 18 months for the MOD to identify that a significant data breach had occurred?” | 24 |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1232) “Never mind the lives.” | 4 |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1232) “It is not very impressive.” | 5 |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1232) “Was it human error, then, or were the systems not up to it?” | 13 |
| 3 Sept 2025 | House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill “I count a great many hereditary peers among my friends, and I know that they do excellent jobs. However, Britain stands, alongside Lesotho, as a complete anomaly in the 21st century by preserving legislative roles based on lineage. Serving in this House, as in any other, is a privilege of the highest order. Does the ho…” other | 72 |
| 1 Sept 2025 | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill “A particular concern of my constituents in Tiverton and Minehead, where we have one local authority in Devon and one in Somerset, is the real difficulties around special educational needs and disabilities. Does my hon. Friend agree that the Bill could create difficulties for local authorities that are struggling to del…” local-governmenteconomy-jobshousing | 60 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “Okay. What about bus services that are not pulling their weight and are letting people down? What sort of sanctions are there for bus companies like that? I am thinking of First Bus in my constituency.” | 36 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “Is that a yes?” | 4 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “Could I ask about Somerset?” | 5 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “The switchover or adoption of zero emission buses appears to be a relatively positive move because between 2021 and 2024, 56% of all new sales were for zero emission buses. You have a relatively ambitious aim to have local services with net zero emissions buses no earlier than 2030—although my view would be to just say…” | 74 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “We’ll put in our report, won’t we?” | 7 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “Okay—so start lobbying.” | 3 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “That is not my feedback. Could I ask you to seek out First Bus for a meeting, because the situation is dire at the moment?” | 25 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “As the permanent secretary touched on, there are greater challenges in rural areas like my constituency, and for smaller operators. You have specifically identified city funding. What do you have in place to fund these buses in rural areas, and for smaller contractors?” | 43 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “Thank you.” | 2 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “In England, there has been a 15% reduction in the distance buses cover since 2019-20. How worried are you about that, and what are you going to do to make sure that it goes back up?” | 36 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “We need to make sure that grant is ringfenced.” | 9 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “Very specifically, will there be money for that strategy? To give you an example—I have spoken to Heidi Alexander about this—I need the trains from Minehead to Bishops Lydeard to Taunton linked up. There currently is not any money in the Department for Transport’s budget, but if that were to become part of the integrat…” | 70 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “Will local authorities be mandated to ringfence the money they receive for buses?” | 13 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 892) “My constituency is very rural. West Somerset is particularly poor with bus services. We have one No. 28 bus, which turns up when the bus company thinks it ought to, and if it does not think it ought to, it does not turn up. I noticed from the Report that there have been significant reductions in commercial routes, but …” | 104 |