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11 June 2026

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Oral Questions to the Transport Secretary and ministers cover priorities for rail reform and major projects, fare policy, nationalisation debates, road and rail safety, funding allocations, bus franchising and decarbonisation, before moving to topical questions on Great British Railways, cycling and e‑bike safety, active travel funding and rural and coastal transport resilience.

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Transport Questions — rail, buses and roads

34:21

Transport Questions — rail policy and infrastructure

34:21

Opening of Transport Questions and rail policy priorities

34:21

Opening and Q1 — Mass transit and Devon rail

34:21

Q on road closure B3191 and political clash on bus fares and rail nationalisation

35:58

Q2–3 — Great British Railways, East West Rail and northern rail upgrades

39:11

Opposition challenge on rolling stock, service cuts and veterans’ rail discounts

42:58

Q on East West Rail passenger start date for Oxford–MK corridor

45:13

Q4 — Summer rail incentives, Croydon bottleneck and Thameslink–Southeastern timetables

46:01

Q5 — Universal UK Resort: East West Rail, new stations and access modes

48:22

Opposition criticism of East West Rail operations and staffing

50:35

National road and rail safety, funding and decarbonisation

52:12

Q6 — National road safety strategy and local junction issues

52:12

Q7 — Berwick-upon-Tweed timetable changes and London connectivity

55:10

Q8 — Bus import tariffs, Chinese competition and buy-British levers

56:42

Q9 — Third Road Investment Strategy targets and local authority funding

58:38

Q10 — Transport decarbonisation, shore power costs and SWR electrification

01:00:15

Transport Questions — buses, road safety and topical issues

01:02:17

Department for Transport oral questions — UV alerts, buses and road safety

01:02:17

Q11 — UV index alerts at transport hubs and inter-UK coordination

01:02:17

Q13 — Bus franchising, local control and future of the £3 fare cap

01:04:51

Q14 — Epping Forest transport funding, Central Line and Waltham Abbey buses

01:06:31

Q15 — Road safety strategy and local speeding

01:08:27

Transport topical questions — GBR, e‑bikes, local services and coastal resilience

01:11:25

Topical 1 — GBR progress, cycling strategy and e‑bike safety

01:11:25

Topical 2 — Driving test backlogs, commuter services and active travel funding

01:13:54

Topical 3 — Dockless e‑bike regulation and coastguard volunteer pay

01:16:44

Topical 4 — Structures fund for Redbridge bridge repairs

01:18:41

Topical 5 — SWR performance and taxi out‑of‑area working

01:19:30

Topical 6 — Planning near stations and West Yorkshire mass transit

01:22:06

Topical 7 — Coastguard volunteering model and DVSA booking reforms

01:24:55

Topical 8 — Rural buses, engineering disruption and 20mph limits

01:27:49

Topical 9 — Motability mileage cap and coastal erosion funding

01:30:24

Commons chamber — Urgent Question and business statement

01:32:51

Urgent Question — VAT on early and compassionate access medicines

01:32:51

Urgent question — VAT on compassionate and early access medicines

01:32:51

Urgent question — Minister’s statement on VAT and compassionate use schemes

01:32:51

Dr Johnson’s challenge — impact of VAT on donated medicines

01:34:57

Minister’s defence — long‑standing rules, life sciences deals and options

01:36:44

Backbench and opposition scrutiny — cancer charities and enforcement pause

01:38:36

Frontbench pressure and devolved concerns on VAT policy

01:41:08

Business statement, Backbench scheduling and Business Questions

01:44:41

Business statement and political exchanges on SNP finances

01:44:41

Business statement — forthcoming parliamentary agenda

01:44:41

Shadow business lead — SNP finances, standards and Aberdeen South

01:45:54

Leader’s response — anniversaries, transport updates and SNP scandal

01:50:10

Business Questions — Urban services, regulators and local powers

01:55:23

Business Questions — Urban air quality, FIFA fan costs and energy bills

01:55:23

Backbench Business schedule and Kashmir human rights crackdown

02:00:14

Enforcement gaps — Abandoned vehicles, Ofcom remit and hazardous medicines

02:05:35

Royal Mail service failures, mobile phone theft and Reform‑run councils

02:08:58

Planning burdens, grassroots sports facilities and local authority inaction

02:13:33

Business Questions — Constitutional issues, health services and rights

02:18:38

Scottish independence route, empty homes and specialist health conditions

02:18:38

Arms export controls, NEETs and international freedom of religion

02:25:11

EHRC trans code of practice, domestic abuse policies and micro‑mobility enforcement

02:30:10

Service personnel parental leave and social enterprises tackling youth unemployment

02:34:03

Conclusion of Business Questions and Defence announcement protocol

02:36:17

Rights Respecting Schools and close of Business Questions

02:36:17

Point of order — Protocols for announcing the Defence Investment Plan

02:37:50

Opening of Jo Cox legacy debate — motion and ethos

02:39:31

Jo Cox legacy debate — motion and ethos

02:39:31

General debate opening and Government motion

02:39:31

General debate opening — Government tribute to Jo Cox

02:39:31

Motion on Jo Cox legacy and Andrew Mitchell’s tribute

02:48:45

Kim Leadbeater — Family, murder and political climate

02:58:09

Kim Leadbeater — Family memories and Jo Cox’s murder

02:58:09

Leadbeater — Brexit climate, hate rhetoric and political violence

03:05:04

Leadbeater — Jo Cox Foundation, loneliness agenda and ‘More in Common’ initiatives

03:10:34

Leadbeater — Rebuilding community, education and empathy in politics

03:18:04

Jo Cox’s compassionate politics and personal legacy

03:23:44

Liberal Democrat spokesperson — Compassion into action and community support

03:23:44

Jess Phillips — Personal tribute and Cox’s family legacy

03:27:59

Phillips — Courage, Gaza and living Jo Cox’s values

03:32:28

Phillips — Rejecting scapegoating and online division

03:36:27

More in Common ethos and cross-party parliamentary culture

03:38:55

Brighton Pavilion MP — More in Common and listening across divides

03:38:55

Labour MP — Meaning of ‘more in common’ and Jo’s courage

03:44:21

Labour MP — Britain’s character and unseen parliamentary kindness

03:48:45

Labour MP — Cross-party politics, information economy and Jo’s legacy

03:53:18

Civility, social media regulation and social cohesion

03:55:14

Dewsbury and Batley perspective — civility, tech and loneliness

03:55:14

Dewsbury and Batley MP — Jo’s constituencies, civility and big tech

03:55:14

Dewsbury and Batley MP — Online harms, loneliness and cross-government action

04:03:48

Tributes and social cohesion — Harris and McMahon

04:08:47

Carolyn Harris — Personal memories and women’s participation

04:08:47

Jim McMahon — Kindness in Parliament and Jo’s challenge

04:14:23

McMahon — Shared national future versus divisive politics

04:18:10

McMahon — Far-right violence, leadership and regulation gaps

04:20:56

McMahon — Bridge-building, social media and cohesion

04:24:51

McMahon — Extremists, scapegoating and economic injustice

04:28:12

McMahon — Oldham riots, regulating MPs’ social media and families’ sacrifice

04:32:32

Commons tributes, MP safety and Grenfell debate

04:34:36

MP safety, abuse and online harms

04:34:36

Community cohesion and far-right threats — Griffith and Ali

04:34:36

Nia Griffith — Local ‘More in Common’ initiatives and loneliness agenda

04:34:36

Rushanara Ali — Jo Cox’s internationalism and refugee advocacy

04:40:37

Rushanara Ali — Murder of Jo Cox and rising hostility to MPs

04:44:55

Rushanara Ali — Far-right terrorism, online hate and disinformation

04:48:27

Rushanara Ali — Systemic failures on MP safety and deterring candidates

04:53:28

Rushanara Ali — Dialling down rhetoric and cross-party civility

04:56:11

Rushanara Ali — Legislative response to online incitement and extremism

04:59:09

Dawn Butler — Jo Cox tribute, online harms and regulatory duty

05:02:00

Dawn Butler — Personal memories, Bernard Kenny and Jo’s character

05:02:00

Dawn Butler — Social media harms and need for tough regulation

05:08:19

Dawn Butler — Jo Cox Foundation civility agenda and individual protections

05:11:59

Apsana Begum — Abuse of women MPs and domestic abuse safeguards

05:14:38

Apsana Begum — Jo Cox’s humanitarian legacy and abuse of women MPs

05:14:38

Begum — Domestic abuse, candidate protections and perpetrator bans

05:23:06

Jo Cox commemoration — women’s safety and Labour agenda

05:29:00

Women’s participation, safety and Jo Cox leadership initiatives

05:29:00

Amanda Martin — Abuse of women in politics and ‘100 Pompey Belles’

05:29:00

Amanda Hack — Loneliness, Jo Cox and community initiatives

05:37:37

Dr Scott Arthur — Women’s safety in politics and Jo Cox leadership

05:45:03

Backbench MPs — Personal tributes and online harms

05:51:38

Emily Darlington — Personal friendship, motherhood and global impact

05:51:38

Milton Keynes MP — Local ‘Great Get Together’ and Jo Cox as mother

06:03:22

Hyndburn MP — Loneliness, online harms and Jo Cox’s legacy

06:07:25

Frontbench responses — Jo Cox legacy and Labour priorities

06:16:08

Leader of the House (Opposition) — Cross-party tributes and online safety themes

06:16:08

Government closing — Jo Cox legacy, Labour agenda and ‘More in Common’ campaign

06:24:10

Post-tribute Commons business and Grenfell anniversary debate

06:36:04

Post-tribute business — Defence concern, immigration case and Grenfell debate opening

06:36:04

Point of order — Defence Secretary resignation and investment plan

06:36:04

Point of order — Deportation of key community workers

06:38:20

Adjournment debate opening — Ninth anniversary of the Grenfell fire

06:39:57

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House of Commons

11 June 2026

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 Actual start 09:00 House of Commons

34:20 - 34:24

Speaker 3

Order, order. We start with questions to the Secretary of State for Transport. Steve Race.

34:24 - 34:26

Speaker 1

Question number one, Mr. Speaker.

34:26 - 34:28

Speaker 2

Secretary of State.

34:28 - 34:50

Speaker 4

Mr. Speaker, the delivery of mass transit systems has too often been slowed down by fragmented funding arrangements, difficulties in acquiring land, and complex planning processes. Our new mass transit task force, made up of an independent panel of experts, will make practical recommendations on how we can speed up delivery and remove some of the blockers.

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