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Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, today used the despatch box in the House of Commons to express her anger and concern about the massive disruption to local rail services that has occurred over the last seven days. All trains on the Great Northern Line through her Chipping Barnet constituency (via New Barnet and Oakleigh Park stations) were cancelled on Sunday. Services elsewhere in the borough were severely disrupted yesterday and today, with 50% of trains cancelled on the Thameslink line. In an emergency procedure, rail ministers were summoned to the House of Commons by the Speaker to answer questions on the crisis. Following the debate, Theresa said:“In Parliament today, I expressed my anger at the unacceptable disruption to local rail services in Barnet on Remembrance Sunday. I demanded answers from... (continued) |
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Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, has reacted angrily to yesterday's cancellation of Sunday rail services on the Great Northern Line from New Barnet, Oakleigh Park and other stations used by her constituents. “This level of disruption is simply unacceptable. My constituents depend on Sunday services. As well as those who have to work over the weekend, many others will have wanted to catch a train to visit friends and family, or to attend Remembrance Day services.First Capital Connect need to get their... (continued) |
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Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, has written to Gordon Brown and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, urging them to use the celebrations taking place on 9th November to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as an opportunity to push Cyprus up the international community's agenda and to send a strong signal to the Turkish Government that it is time to reunite the island. The text of the letters is as follows:-Dear Prime MinisterI understand that on 9th November you will be attending various events to mark the twentieth anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall came down. When you meet world leaders to commemorate this momentous event, I hope that you will give... (continued) |
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Following Labour's announcement yesterday that £30m has been suddenly withdrawn from transport funding received by the London boroughs for the national concessionary bus fares scheme, MP for Chipping Barnet, Theresa Villiers, said: “Council taxpayers in my constituency in Chipping Barnet and across the rest of the capital are being left... (continued) |