Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chris Heaton-Harris and Nick Smith

Thursday 2nd July 2020 Commons Chamber

[Chris Heaton-Harris]

I thank the hon. Lady for her excellent question. She is absolutely right in everything she says. I have been working with a whole range of accessibility groups and disability charities to try to make sure that we get our messaging right, because we want to welcome everyone back to our rail system eventually and we want it to be the most accessible in the world. We have a long way to go, but we are working with those groups to deliver that service as best we can.

[Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)]

What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the (a) freight logistics and (b) road haulage sector of not reaching a deal on the future relationship with the EU by the end of the transition period.