Navendu Mishra

Navendu Mishra

Labour — Stockport

Speaking in the House of Commons on 10 October 2024

Debate

Business of the House

Contribution

I congratulate the Leader of the House—my constituency neighbour—on her birthday, and wish her and her family the best. Mr Speaker has left the Chair, but I know that he is, like me, a long-standing user of Avanti West Coast trains for his constituency travel, so I am sure that he will be familiar with their poor reliability. Last week, I was made aware of a serious crisis at my local station, Stockport. It seems that Avanti is simply not employing enough staff for the station to function when it comes to passenger and worker safety, and passenger experience. The Financial Times recently reported that Avanti was the worst-performing train operator in the UK between April and June. Will the Leader of the House allocate Government time for a debate on the impact of Avanti’s operational performance not just on the regional economy in the north, but on the national economy and public infrastructure?

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