Chris Evans
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(11 years, 7 months ago)
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Chris Evans (Islwyn) (Lab/Co-op)
1. What progress his Department is making on its rail fares and ticketing review; and if he will make a statement.
The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Patrick McLoughlin)
We are considering a range of options to improve rail fares and ticketing, and we intend to set out our findings and next steps this summer.
Chris Evans
Commuters in Islwyn will pay three times as much as their counterparts in Scotland, whose Government are freezing off-peak rail fares next year. Do this Government plan to do the same here?
Mr McLoughlin
We are looking at a wide range of options for ticketing and, as I said, we hope to report to the House on that in the summer. What we have in place for ticket pricing is exactly the same as under the previous Government.