Siobhan Baillie: ...people who want to travel to work. I know many more people are working at home, but there should be more choice. For off-peak it goes down to £46, then down to £33 at 10.30 am. A ticket on the Worcester to London line, which is a longer journey, at 7 am—when I had my £95 ticket for—costs £50. I understand that there are historic boundaries drawn up for Network Rail, and I have...
Bill Wiggin: ...hope to travel to work. Returning to Ledbury is also a random experience as the last train leaves at about teatime from London, and then it is fingers-crossed that the driver does not give up in Worcester. So while the Government are aiming to increase rail freight by 75%, for residents to utilise such a boost to service frequency the road network needs to be in place to facilitate access...
Robin Walker: I congratulate my hon. Friend on his statement. I apologise for bombarding not him but his predecessor with text messages over the weekend about the importance of getting support to businesses in Worcester. I am very pleased to hear what my hon. Friend said about the flooding framework. May I commend to him the work being done for frequently flooded communities in particular? Just before...
Robin Walker: I welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to reaching a fair and reasonable solution to the strikes. Worcester went into this winter with the delivery of a new emergency department and was able to deliver 21 beds-worth of extra capacity over the winter, but I have heard from the hospital today that it is still facing intense pressure. Will the Secretary of State join me in paying...
Richard Graham: ...we heard from the right hon. Member for Walsall South (Valerie Vaz) and the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry). It is worth mentioning my hon. Friend the Member for Worcester (Mr Walker) because I was led to take up the challenge of spiking two years ago by my constituent Maisy Farmer, who was spiked while at university in my hon. Friend’s constituency....
Huw Merriman: In the last six months, 44 direct trains from London Paddington to Hereford have been cancelled, and 18 part-cancelled usually meaning termination at Worcester or Great Malvern. This equates to proportions of 4.55% on Mondays, 5.68% on Tuesdays, 10.12% on Wednesdays, 11.73% on Thursdays, 14.04% on Fridays, 10.19% on Saturdays and 16.33% on Sundays. The greatest proportion of cancellations by...
...Lord Coaker Baroness Crawley Lord Davies of Brixton Lord Desai Lord Dholakia Baroness Donaghy Lord Donoughue Baroness Doocey Baroness Drake Lord Dubs Baroness Falkner of Margravine Lord Faulkner of Worcester Baroness Featherstone Lord Foster of Bath Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Lord Fox Baroness Garden of Frognal Lord German Lord Giddens Lord Glasman Lord Goddard of Stockport Baroness Golding...
the Bishop of Worcester: My Lords, I apologise for being slightly delayed for the consideration of this Statement. My understanding is that the Bill disapplies certain sections of the Human Rights Act 1998 to allow public authorities to operate in a way that is incompatible with international obligations. If that is the case, surely that means disregarding the human rights of people seeking asylum, and I struggle to...
the Bishop of Worcester: My Lords, thinking of the effects of poverty, the Mental Health Foundation has recommended that all front-line workers, including those who work in essential services and government, should be given training and support to know how to respond effectively to the mental health effects of financial stress and strain. Will the Minister agree that this training and support is both vital and necessary?
...Chapman of Darlington Baroness Clark of Calton Lord Clark of Windermere Lord Coaker Lord Collins of Highbury Lord Davies of Brixton Lord Dholakia Baroness Donaghy Lord Eatwell Lord Faulkner of Worcester Baroness Featherstone Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Lord Fox Baroness Garden of Frognal Earl of Glasgow Baroness Golding Lord Grantchester Lord Griffiths of Burry Port Baroness Hamwee Viscount...
Lord Rooker: ...years ago this month, a few days before Christmas, I was carted really late one Saturday night from Hereford County Hospital, which had spent four years stopping me going over to the dark side, to Worcester Royal, to have my first chemotherapy as an in-patient. The weather was atrocious; the main roads were blocked. The driver of the ambulance said to me, “I’d better warn you now: it...
...Crawley Lord Cromwell Lord Davies of Brixton Lord de Clifford Lord Desai Lord Dholakia Baroness Donaghy Baroness Doocey Baroness Drake Lord Dubs Lord Eatwell Lord Evans of Watford Lord Faulkner of Worcester Baroness Featherstone Lord Foster of Bath Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Lord Fox Baroness Garden of Frognal Lord German Lord Giddens Earl of Glasgow Lord Goddard of Stockport Baroness Golding...
the Bishop of Worcester: My Lords, I join others in welcoming the Minister to his place. I note that Kent County Council announced last week that new arrival centres for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are being planned in the area but that the council is waiting for funding from central government. As the Minister said, the right and best place for separated children is under local authority care. What is the...
Richard Graham: ...this House will oppose them. On the narrow issue, therefore, the Chancellor, the Treasury and those involved in creating the Bill have clearly got it right. As my hon. Friend the Member for West Worcestershire (Harriett Baldwin) pointed out, this can easily be seen to be one of the measures by which we judge a turning point in the wider economy. After all, only a few months ago there were...
...of Darlington Lord Clark of Windermere Lord Collins of Highbury Baroness Crawley Lord Davies of Brixton Lord Dholakia Baroness Donaghy Baroness Doocey Lord Drayson Earl of Erroll Lord Faulkner of Worcester Baroness Featherstone Baroness Ford Lord Foster of Bath Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Baroness Gale Baroness Garden of Frognal Lord German Lord Glasman Baroness Golding Baroness Goudie...
...of Darlington Lord Clark of Windermere Lord Collins of Highbury Baroness Crawley Lord Davies of Brixton Lord Dholakia Baroness Donaghy Baroness Doocey Lord Drayson Earl of Erroll Lord Faulkner of Worcester Baroness Featherstone Baroness Ford Lord Foster of Bath Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Baroness Gale Baroness Garden of Frognal Lord German Lord Glasman Lord Goddard of Stockport Baroness...
Stephen David, Lord Bishop of Lincoln, was introduced and took the oath, supported by the Bishop of Durham and the Bishop of Worcester, and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct.
...as the panel of members to act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees for this session: Ashton of Hyde, L, Barker, B, Beith, L, Bull, B, Colville of Culross, V, Duncan of Springbank, L, Faulkner of Worcester, L, Finlay of Llandaff, B, Fookes, B, Garden of Frognal, B, Geddes, L, Haskel, L, Healy of Primrose Hill, B, Henig, B, Kennedy of Cradley, B, Kennedy of Southwark, L, Kinnoull, E, Lexden, L,...
the Bishop of Worcester: My Lords, I am grateful for this announcement. We have a wonderful hospice in Worcester, the Acorns Children’s Hospice, which does extraordinary work with young people. Does the Minister accept that, although a minority of children die in hospices, the number of children cared for by them greatly exceeds that. Their work is invaluable.
Lord Berkeley: ...the debate, about the war on motorists. Is he substituting that with a war on pedestrians, cyclists and the environment? I think that we can all live together. As my noble friend Lord Faulkner of Worcester mentioned, the biggest loss was the lack of any legislation for railways; it is very sad. He went into it in some detail, and he is absolutely right. Many noble Lords have spoken about...
