Speeches by Aquarone.

“But that business unit would not help to join up the west coast, for instance. That would have to be done subject to the same kind of provisions that any essentially non-devolved regional rail service would try to lobby for or make the business case for.”

“No, the west coast of Wales.”

“There might be some lessons to be learnt, though. You have clearly done those improvements off your own balance sheet. Are there any lessons to be learnt about electrification, for example, that could be applied elsewhere? Because it does not matter whether it is going to an end stop or per kilometre cost. It is presum…”

“To pick up on the point you made earlier in response to a question from my colleague, you cited the benefit of bringing track and train together. Despite its being a slightly amusing metaphor, I do understand that that is the driving benefit of a lot of GBR’s case, but you also mentioned owning some track at the moment…”

“This is not taking us further down the devolution pathway, but will the Bill enable a better railway for passengers in Wales?”

“This is not taking us further down the devolution pathway, but will the Bill enable a better railway for passengers in Wales?”

“Very interesting.”

“There might be some lessons to be learnt, though. You have clearly done those improvements off your own balance sheet. Are there any lessons to be learnt about electrification, for example, that could be applied elsewhere? Because it does not matter whether it is going to an end stop or per kilometre cost. It is presum…”

“Isn’t that slightly counterintuitive? Are they going to try to gobble up all the good work that you have just done?”

“To pick up on the point you made earlier in response to a question from my colleague, you cited the benefit of bringing track and train together. Despite its being a slightly amusing metaphor, I do understand that that is the driving benefit of a lot of GBR’s case, but you also mentioned owning some track at the moment…”

“Very interesting.”

“No, the west coast of Wales.”

“But that business unit would not help to join up the west coast, for instance. That would have to be done subject to the same kind of provisions that any essentially non-devolved regional rail service would try to lobby for or make the business case for.”

“In what ways, in particular, might it improve things?”

“I was wondering whether you could take that specific example and describe what the passenger benefits might be. The unit that you just mentioned sounds pretty pertinent to some of the challenges for rail passengers in Wales in particular. I know there is not all the detail yet, but what could that hopefully unlock?”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Andrew Lewin) on securing this debate. I am pleased to wind up for the Liberal Democrats. In place of my hon. Friend the Member for Frome and East Somerset (Anna Sabine), I am acting as our 12th man on this occasion. I am pleased to be the opener for the Front-Bench s…”

“T9. Whatever changes the Secretary of State is seeking to make to juries, they will make not one bit of difference in my constituency if people cannot get the legal advice they need. Can he assure me that the recent funding announcement will be targeted at legal aid deserts such as North Norfolk? At the third time of a…”

“On the same topic, the way this Budget was handled has undermined public confidence in North Norfolk in many ways, few more so than the fact it produced radio silence on our long-pledged dental school at the University of East Anglia. Does the Minister agree that if the Treasury had spent a little less time on its fisc…”

“It sounds like we need some station managers and a good complaints process. Emma, would you agree with that?”

“Will the Minister give way?”