Railways: Network Rail Debate

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Lord Dykes

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Railways: Network Rail

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Wednesday 16th June 2010

(14 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords, when I was in opposition I could never get to the bottom of why the party opposite created the Strategic Rail Authority and then abolished it.

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My Lords, will my noble friend also discuss with Network Rail the very worrying appearance of extra-heavy costs in their operations and the infrastructure costs? In comparison with other European countries, they seem to be strangely and unusually high.