Sadiq Khan: ...of the Elizabeth line opened on Tuesday 24 May 2022. The opening of the line has always been planned to take place and stages and it will initially operate as three separate railways (Paddington to Abbey Wood; Liverpool Street to Shenfield; and Paddington to Reading and Heathrow). Direct services between Reading, Heathrow and Shenfield are expected to connect with the central section in...
Margaret Ferrier: ...and the surrounding community were just like many areas of London and indeed the UK: dynamic, talented, culturally diverse and economically deprived. As Imran Khan pointed out at the Westminster Abbey memorial this week, 85% of those who died that night were people of colour. That is not an accident or coincidence; it is symbolic of the many levels of discrimination that the UK still...
Annabelle Ewing: I thank the minister for that helpful answer. In fact, it is not just parts of Aberdour castle that are closed to the public and have been so since the start of the pandemic but Inchcolm abbey and St Bridget’s kirk in Dalgety Bay. Obviously, that is impacting negatively on the local economy. Although I would, of course, like to take up the opportunity to meet Historic Environment Scotland....
Alexander Stafford: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will hold discussions with (a) St Benet's Education Trust, (b) the Ampleforth Abbey Trust and (c) the Roman Catholic Church on potential solutions to ensure the continued operation of St Benet’s Hall, Oxford University.
...harsher sentences, but we know that a lot will not be. On the other hand, part of that is absolutely that there is a danger to public confidence. That is really critical. I just visited Westminster Abbey and saw the statue of Sir Robert Peel, who laid down some remarkable principles of policing way back in the 1820s. It was very much about the police being impartial, acting under the rule...
Jo Gideon: ...Buses. In fact, it cannot be right that in the same month that Stoke-on-Trent has secured £31 million for a bus improvement plan, the local bus company has decided to cut back bus provision in Abbey Hulton in my constituency, where many residents are dependent on the service to access work. In Stoke-on-Trent, one in three households is without a car, so bus provision is a vital lifeline....
Trudy Harrison: The 57km of steel required for the rails of the Elizabeth line central section, between Paddington and Abbey Wood, was sourced entirely from British Steel in Scunthorpe. This equates to 7,000 tonnes of steel.
Baroness Wheeler: ...that I saw the Queen’s carriage go along the street I lived in. However, unless the carriage passed down the Old Kent Road and Camberwell Green on its way from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, that memory is obviously a mistaken one. I remember all of us sitting around a very crackly wireless and listening to the Coronation. What was clear to me, even at that young age, was the...
Neil Gray: ...that Sharon Dowey raises is slightly tangential to the subject of the listing process but, as part of my regular engagement with HES, I have visited Linlithgow palace, Dumbarton castle and Arbroath abbey in order to see for myself the work that is already being done. I am hopeful that the process of assessment can be carried out as quickly as possible, so that visitors to Historic...
Sadiq Khan: ...in advance of the line opening, such as new routes 278 and limited stop X140 in the Hillingdon area serving Hayes and Harlington station, and new route 301 in Bexley and Greenwich serving Abbey Wood and Woolwich stations. This month, TfL is delivering improvements around Custom House station in time for the Elizabeth line opening, including introducing new route 304, and changes to routes...
Sadiq Khan: ...extension schemes under development including: an extension of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) from Gallions Reach to Thamesmead; a Bus Rapid Transit scheme between Woolwich, Thamesmead and Abbey Wood; an extension of the Overground network between Hounslow, Old Oak Common and Brent Cross/Cricklewood; the Bakerloo Line Extension from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham; and Crossrail 2. Each...
Abena Oppong-Asare: .... As the hon. Lady mentioned, after years of waiting and a number of false starts, Crossrail, renamed the Elizabeth line, finally opens next week. One of its two eastern branches terminates at Abbey Wood, in my constituency. Having also had the opportunity to visit the station and ride the new trains, I am certain that will be a transformative new railway for many of my constituents and...
Tom Giffard: ..., so I thought I'd take the opportunity to mention some of mine. In my region of South Wales West alone, I can boast the UK's first area of outstanding natural beauty, the Gower peninsula; Neath abbey, which was described as the fairest abbey in all of Wales; and Porthcawl, home to the annual Elvis festival. As you shake, rattle and roll across South Wales West, you simply can't help...
Paul Howell: ...stunning architectural beauty, it holds the remains of the Venerable Bede and St Cuthbert’s relics. It forms part of the Camino Inglés—the English way—which is a walk that includes Finchale abbey, Durham cathedral and the seventh-century Saxon Escomb church, south of Bishop Auckland. Before I came to this place, I had the opportunity with the rotary club to visit that ancient church...
Baroness Vere of Norbiton: ...of the Elizabeth line comes under the remit of the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). TfL has stated that Elizabeth line remains on schedule to open the central section tunnel between Abbey Wood and Paddington in the first half of 2022. Specific opening dates will only be communicated once the railway is safe and reliable to open to passengers.
Lord Thomas of Gresford: ...and when. They do not even include the question that is emblazoned upon my family crest: ar bwy mae’r bai—“Who can we blame?” When we leave this building, we should look at Westminster Abbey and realise that it was not built at the time that the procedures of inquests were begun. The coroner remains in charge of his inquest. He may discontinue, he may decide the inquest on the...
Mark Spencer: ...debate on mask wearing, because it would appear that the SNP has one rule in Scotland and another rule in London, given that the leader of his party turned up in London to a service at Westminster Abbey and felt it unnecessary to wear a mask in England, although in Scotland, apparently, she does have to wear one. I am not quite sure whether coronavirus is more dangerous in Scotland than it...
Sadiq Khan: The Elizabeth line will provide new journey options for customers travelling across the capital, linking Abbey Wood and Shenfield with Heathrow and Reading through central London. Transport for London’s (TfL’s) pre-pandemic forecasts indicated that 77 per cent of Elizabeth line usage once fully open would have come from existing TfL modes, freeing up capacity on some busier London...
Peter Gibson: ...Academy, Marchbank Free School, Longfield Academy, Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, Mowden Infant School, Corporation Road Community Primary School, Mowden Junior School, Hummersknott Academy, Abbey Infants’ School and Abbey Junior School. More than £10 million is also being invested to support school sports and swimming facilities in England, and will be distributed through Sport...
Lord Sentamu: ...declares a health emergency, if we have information we should make it available immediately. Secondly, on the question of equity, we have just had a big Commonwealth service in Westminster Abbey and there are particular people—noble Lords may not believe it—who come from those 54 countries of the Commonwealth who still look to the United Kingdom as giving them not only language but the...