Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Baggy Shanker Excerpts
Thursday 9th January 2025

(1 day, 17 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Simon Lightwood Portrait Simon Lightwood
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The Rail Minister has met MPs from both sides of the House to discuss this issue and has attended an industry programme board to ensure that passenger interests are considered and that disruption is minimised for passengers, both during and after construction.

Baggy Shanker Portrait Baggy Shanker (Derby South) (Lab/Co-op)
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2025 is an exciting year for Derby, partly because of the progress on Great British Railways, which will be headquartered in Derby, and rightly so. Can we also make this the year that the British public fall in love again with rail travel, by giving GBR a strict timetable to simplify complicated ticketing and fares and to implement digital pay-as-you-go, as well as automatic compensation?

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I am not sure that fits the original question. We have probably strayed too far.