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Railways Bill

OverviewTimeline24Debates16Amendments493

  1. 1st readingCommons

    1 sitting
    Bill introduced in the Commons by
    New bill textAs introduced
    • Formal sittingnot recorded in Hansard

  4. 2nd readingCommons

    • Programme motion
    • Money resolution
    • Carry-over motion
    1 sitting · 1 debate · 146 speeches · 77 speakers · 2 divisions
    Heidi AlexanderMr Richard HoldenKeir MatherMs Nusrat GhaniOlly GloverWendy MortonDr Kieran MullanGraham StuartJerome MayhewJudith CumminsPeter SwallowAndrew RangerCaroline NokesCat Eccles+63
    Second ReadingCarried
    Ayes 329Noes 173

    1 other division at this stage — on amendments and motions, not on the bill itself.

  6. Committee stageCommons

    14 sittings · 14 debates · 933 speeches · 17 speakers · 340 amendments
    Jerome MayhewKeir MatherOlly GloverRebecca SmithLaurence TurnerEdward MorelloEdward ArgarJoe RobertsonDaniel FrancisBaggy ShankerJayne KirkhamSarah SmithAndrew RangerLilian Greenwood+3
    340 amendments tabled119 Not called13 Withdrawn6 Not selected120 Negatived on division11 No decision16 Not moved55 Agreed36 written evidence submissions — Campaign for Better Transport, National Skills Academy for Rail, the Regulatory Policy Committee and 33 others
    New bill textAs amended in Committee
  8. Parliament prorogued

    Session 2024-26 ends. Bills still before the House fall — this one was carried over.

  9. State Opening of Parliament

    Session 2026-27 begins with the King’s Speech. The bill resumes, and is presented again for a fresh first reading.

  10. Bill reintroducedCommons

    1 sitting
    • Formal sittingnot recorded in Hansard
    • Bill 001 2026-27 (reintroduced at Report Stage) - pdfno file
    • Bill 001 2026-27 (reintroduced at Report Stage) - large print - pdfno file
    • Bill 001 EN 2026-27 - pdfno file
    • Bill 001 EN 2026-27 - large print - pdfno file
    • Bill 001 2026-27 (reintroduced at Report Stage) - xmlno file
    • Bill 001 2026-27 (reintroduced at Report Stage) - htmlno file
    • Memorandum from the Department for Transport to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee - reissued 14 May 2026no file
    • Railways Bill 2024-26: Progress of the billno file

  13. Ways and Means resolutionCommons

    1 sitting
    • Formal sittingnot recorded in Hansard

  14. Report stageCommons

    1 sitting · 130 amendments
    130 amendments tabled130 No decision
    • Formal sittingnot recorded in Hansard

  15. 3rd readingCommons

    1 sitting
    • Formal sittingnot recorded in Hansard

  16. 1st readingLords

    1 sitting
    New bill textAs brought from the Commons
    • Formal sittingnot recorded in Hansard
    • Railways Bill: HL Bill 25 of 2026–27no file
    • Letter from Lord Strathclyde, Chair of the Constitution Committee to Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill regarding the Railways Billno file
    • Letter from Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill to Lord Strathclyde, Chair of the Constitution Committee, responding to the Committee's letter on the Railways Billno file

  22. 2nd readingLords

    1 sitting
    • Formal sittingnot recorded in Hansard
    • 4th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committeeno file

  24. Committee stageLords

    Not yet scheduled
    23 amendments
    23 amendments tabled23 No decision