The highlight of my trip back to Norwich is to partake in a Delia Smith charged meal on the restraunt car of the train. Sometimes you are joined by Mail on Sunday journalists who are always a danger, Daily Telegraph who are even more of a danger, fortunately though you do meet an odd nice constituent. The meals are excellent and usually finish by the time you get to Ipswich.
To take that service away will destroy I think the concept of British rail travel, which has been part of our lives for years, from getting a bacon roll in the morning to sitting down to dinner in the evening. So many people rely on this on the way back home from London. By the time I arrive back in Norwich it can be as late as 11 which is far too late to be getting pots and pans out to cook a meal. This service is well appreciated, well used and helps to make ammends for what is a pretty poor service with there often not being enough seats for passengers, services being severly delayed and cancelled. The decision to cut this service makes no sense at all.
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About Me
- Ian Gibson
- Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
- I have been the MP for Norwich North since 1997. Before being an MP I was Dean of Biology at the University of East Anglia. My work in Parliament and in Norwich has primarily consisted of advocacy work and pushing the government to take more notice of the role that science plays (and can play) in our nation. My scientific background has meant that I have been involved in numerous groups and charities in Parliament. I am a member of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills committee and chair of tha all party group on cancer.
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as one of your constituents who works for national express i am concerned about the behaviour on the main line train service to london. My job is at risk due to national express removing the catering services, They seem hell bent on getting rid of this service. please keep up the pressure on national express to keep this excellent catering service for passengers.
Norwich 11 - I will be raising this issue with colleagues in Parliament this week.
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