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Baroness Randerson Excerpts
Wednesday 24th January 2024

(3 months, 2 weeks ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Davies of Gower Portrait Lord Davies of Gower (Con)
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With great respect to the noble Lord, I am not too sure that I understand his question. Perhaps we can have a look at it later.

Baroness Randerson Portrait Baroness Randerson (LD)
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My Lords, when there was a proposal to close railway ticket offices, we saw how essential public consultation was in revealing the true impact of a planned change. In the Minister’s response, he referred to a consultation on this LNER timetable change that took place in 2021. Three years on, things are very different. Can he assure us that there has been public consultation since then and that there was full public consultation before this changed timetable was introduced?

Lord Davies of Gower Portrait Lord Davies of Gower (Con)
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I assure the noble Baroness that the Government are committed to full consultation on the issue.