Rail Infrastructure (Train Operating Companies) Debate
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Alison McGovern
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Rail Infrastructure (Train Operating Companies)
Alison McGovern Excerpts(7 years, 11 months ago)
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Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab)
The Secretary of State has mentioned South West Trains and how some of this integration is already in place in our network. So either we are talking about that, in which case this is not really a change, or this is the predecessor to a privatisation which will go badly—which is it?
Chris Grayling
It could just be that we have had some tentative steps in this direction that have shown early signs of promise and that we think we should pursue much more seriously—it could just be that.