Heidi Alexander
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Sep 18, 2026
Mark FisherHOST
And it was among the people who were...
Mark FisherHOST
there at the launch where Heidi Alexander the local Swindon MP who credited Rupert as being the real XDC fan because Heidi Alexander I think she knew a couple of singles but wasn't the sort of dedicated fan that she was
Rupa HuqGUEST
You finished my sentence.
Rupa HuqGUEST
That's what I was going to say.
Fiona BruceHOST
Welcome to Question Time from Salisbury on the BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds, and the BBC News Channel.
Fiona BruceHOST
[upbeat music] On tonight's panel, the Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, one of only a handful of senior ministers to keep their jobs after Andy Burnham entered Downing Street.
Fiona BruceHOST
She's introducing one of his first new policies, a £2 cap on bus fares in England.
Fiona BruceHOST
Joy Morrissey is the Conservative's Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.
Sam CoatesHOST
That was 365,000.
Sam CoatesHOST
Third was the tax man, uh, who spent, uh, uh, in fact, a bit more than that, 522,000 on 44 influencers to do things like encourage people to download the HMRC app, uh, with Heidi Alexander's transport department also on over 300,000 and the DWP and Ministry of Justice, uh, uh, 200,000, uh, each.
Sam CoatesHOST
Uh, the Ministry of Justice using influencers, uh, to increase prison officer recruitment.
Anne McElvoyHOST
If you follow the right influencers, and who among us does not, uh, y- a lot of this, I suppose, you could have put together by, by looking at their, uh, accounts in aggregate.
Iain DaleHOST
Now, on our panel tonight, we have Labour Transport Minister and MP for Selby, Keir Mather.
Iain DaleHOST
Harriet Cross, Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and MP for Gordon and Buchan.
Iain DaleHOST
Gwaine Towler.
Iain DaleHOST
I always want to say Towler because that's what I've called you for 20 years.
14 MINS LATER
Keir MatherGUEST
The reason that it took a few hours for those systems to come back online is because Nats is... primary focus, the sole thing that it needs to be more conscious of than anything else is aviation safety.
Keir MatherGUEST
And they needed to make sure that they could restart flying in as safe a way as possible, as quickly as possible.
Keir MatherGUEST
In regards to what happens next, the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander, has said that she wants a report on her desk by Wednesday, specifically outlining from NADS what the fault was so that next steps can happen.
Keir MatherGUEST
The CAA has also been tasked with with carrying out a broader review over six months to get to the heart of the problem.
Sal DodgsonHOST
That would be nice.
Sal DodgsonHOST
I mean, that would solve an awful lot of problems, but... last thing on labor for this week is Heidi Alexander this morning was out on media doing an announcement saying, uh, she's announcing a brand new fleet, a brand new in inverted commas fleet of 29 trains for the North, obviously.
Sal DodgsonHOST
Uh, but that's fine.
Sal DodgsonHOST
But forgot to mention, she said, these will be ready some point midway through the 2030s.
Neville BoundsHOST
All about, uh, NATS, National Air Traffic Services, and, uh, the head of the air traffic control provider, NATS, has been given a week to report back on the reasons for the technical failure that has disrupted thousands of flights since, uh, Tuesday.
Neville BoundsHOST
So that was yesterday, wasn't it? Downing Street said that the government had con- had, still had confidence in NATS' chief executive, Martin Rolfe, who was summoned to meet the UK Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, on Wednesday morning, this morning, as the number of flight cancellations passed 2,000.
Neville BoundsHOST
Rolfe has been facing increasing pressure to quit after the third large scale stoppage to flights in just over three years.
Neville BoundsHOST
Hundreds of thousands of passengers had their travel, uh, disrupted and delayed, with many stuck on grounded planes for many hours as the incident unraveled.
James KitchenHOST
Mayors in England will gain powers to charge up to 5% on the cost of overnight stays at hotels, Airbnbs and camping sites.
James KitchenHOST
The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, said it's up for regional mayors to decide how to spend the money.
Heidi AlexanderSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The way in which the proceeds of the levy are used will be for local leaders to determine and actually yes that might be about improving the things that will attract more tourists to an area but I should be clear that it won't necessarily be the case that you have an overnight levy everywhere in the country because some local leaders could decide not to do one.
James KitchenHOST
The AI giant Anthropic says it stopped people trying to use their products to help develop biological weapons.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Over three years after Nats' catastrophic 2023 system meltdown, it's clear that nothing has changed, with UK passengers once again suffering avoidable air traffic control delays of up to eight hours today due to a critical Nats system failing.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Mr Rolfe is set to meet with the Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, on Wednesday morning, before the MP addresses the Commons on the incident.
speaker_2NARRATOR
And speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Rolfe said, we will be doing a very, very thorough and full investigation.
speaker_2NARRATOR
We have at this point ruled out cyber.
Nick FerrariHOST
And on a day, of course, when many of us pause and reflect on what went on with aircraft, they're still picking up the pieces from that glitch three days ago in airports up and down the United Kingdom.
Nick FerrariHOST
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander speaking in the Commons earlier this week.
Heidi AlexanderGUEST
Passengers should not have to face this disruption.
Heidi AlexanderGUEST
I have therefore asked the CAA to conduct an independent review to establish cause.
35 MINS LATER
Nick FerrariHOST
I will end your text there because I have the opportunity of bringing to the conversation a government minister.
Nick FerrariHOST
Celebrate the news for the North, because the government said they wanted to get them back on track in the North, and that's exactly what's happening with some trains.
Nick FerrariHOST
Heidi Alexander, Transport Secretary, joins me now.
Nick FerrariHOST
Good to have you on, Secretary of State.
Eimear Neve RaynonGUEST
Apologise and explain why the trivialisation of rape is actually very harmful.
Eimear Neve RaynonGUEST
And in terms of political reaction, we are now hearing from the UK, So in the last half an hour, the transport secretary in the UK, Heidi Alexander, she was asked for her thoughts on the comments.
Eimear Neve RaynonGUEST
We've already heard condemnations from the tawnished Simon Harrison, plenty of other TDs.
Eimear Neve RaynonGUEST
And now Alexander has said... that in the last two years of the job she's been in, she's learnt obviously that O'Leary can be quick to share his thoughts with her and the wider world, but her direct quote is, I would say that women who have been raped, who have been subjected to such appalling violence, I'm not sure they're going to be rushing to book tickets with him, let's be honest.
Eimear Neve RaynonGUEST
That'll be interesting.
Eimear Neve RaynonGUEST
And you know what, Will? People vote in terms of their feet with pricing.
Eimear Neve RaynonGUEST
So while I hear people, I just explained what the UK Transport Secretary said, that she believes some women won't be rushing to book tickets.
Eimear Neve RaynonGUEST
Unfortunately, I don't fully agree with that statement.
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