QUESTION 3 TRANSPORT
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committee in the Bus Services Act as well. We introduced those bylaws to to do that. We've been tackling nuisance behaviour on public transport for a long time now. It's an ongoingwe invested 2.5million pounds actually in those truffle safety officer pilots, in the targeted action against nuisance behaviour, publishing guidance so others can adopt that best practice andcourse the Bus Services Act gives those powers to every local authority now to instigate those bylaws.
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1,500 local people
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through the access for all programme and since July of 2024 we have completed improvements at 31
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across the country. A further 22 are in progress on-site at the moment and 36 are in design. Last monthWe also committed to making level boarding from train to platform a baseline expectation for all new GBR trains.
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Thank you. I thank the Secretary of State for her answer, but over 1,500 people have signed my petition to make Chepstow station fully accessible. Currently, disabled travelers need to goEast into England, cross over a road, get back on a train and travel back through Chepstow to go west to Cardiff.
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Mr Speaker.
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Secretary of State, please
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station will be fully accessible to residents.
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I'm grateful to my hon. Friend for that question, and she paints a very vivid picture of how critical accessible stations are, not just to her constituentsbut to people travelling across the country. She will know that Chepstow was nominated for Access for All funding in 2022.that was not selected for funding by the previous government. Future funding beyond what I spoke about in my first answerwill be considered at the next spending review and I'd be keen to work with her to understand how that case can be put forward at that time.
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Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Disabled residentsAnyone who relies on the lift at Bishop's Stortford train station has found it consistently out of service in recent
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will involve and when they might take place. The Rail Minister kindly supported my campaign to get the platform one lift at Hertford North train station over the line.I'd be grateful if ministers could lend their support again by asking Network Rail and Greater Anglia to bring forward a clear plan for restoring reliable step-freein Bishop's Stortford.
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hon. Friends constituents are experiencing at Bishops Stortford station. I am aware of these problems and know that it was further impacted by the extreme temperatures this summer. A full
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lift replacement is planned for 2028, but I realize that this will sound like a long way off for his constituents, so in the short term
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I will ask my officials to meet with Greater Anglia to explore how we can alleviate disruption for residents, and I'd be happy to keep him updated.Well done.
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the record that the Tour de France will be passing through my constituency twice.
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Cornwall is a former mining community with an older population and many people are unable to use
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involved matter, but I will look into the issues of accessibility at the station he refers and progress any necessary conversations with colleagues.
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in the Scottish Government.
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Thank you, Mr Speaker. One of the lifts at Woking station was out of service for 40 days in one year, and constituents in West Byfleet have
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