Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) Network Rail or (b) the Rail Delivery Group have the authority to negotiate in industrial disputes without either (i) a settlement requiring approval from his Department (ii) a Ministerial ability t...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of (a) track buckling, (b) electrical faults and (c) fires on the rail network that were caused by the heatwave that occurred between 13 and 20 July 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 27714 on Railways: Contracts, by when his Department plans to conclude the development of the Passenger Service Contracts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he his directing the negotiating position of the train operating companies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide for the welfare of (a) staff and (b) passengers on trains without air conditioning.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic cost of poor connectivity to the phone network on train services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2022 to Question 35029 on Midland Main Line: Mobile Phones, if he will work with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to improve mobile phone coverage o...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason his Department has not yet published the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to ensure safety on the rail network during extreme weather events.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of tackling the impact of the recent heatwave on the rail network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has held with (a) officials in his Department, (b) the Civil Aviation Authority, (c) Heathrow Airport and (d) Network Rail on the development of the Western Rail Link to Heathrow.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) safety critical and (b) non-safety critical roles agency staff will be permitted to cover during strike action on the rail network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to (a) remove (i) peak and (ii) off-peak rail fares and (b) introduce a surge pricing model similar to that found in the airline industry; and whether he has had recent discussi...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of miles of rail track painted white in the last month for the purposes of mitigating heatwave conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the amount spent on the rail network to mitigate the impact of climate change.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the impact of climate change on (a) the rail network and (b) the safety of rail (i) workers and (ii) passengers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for a deal between the train operating companies and trade unions on wage increases for rail workers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled The Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme, published by the NAO on 20 July 2020, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of work on the route that i...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of HS2 Limited accountability in the context of the absence of an HS2 Limited Chair and a named Minister of State responsible for HS2 as of 20 July 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance entitled Country policy and information note: Rwanda, assessment, published on 11 May 2022, if she will make an assessment of the (a) objectivity, (b) impartiality and (...