Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Jo Swinson Excerpts
Thursday 22nd July 2010

(14 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Hammond
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I can only repeat what I said earlier: we have no plans to change the national concessionary scheme. The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have both made very clear their commitment to the national scheme.

Jo Swinson Portrait Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD)
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T6. I welcome the Government’s commitment to high speed rail, particularly to encourage people to use rail instead of domestic air travel. Given the rising cost of rail compared with flying, what will the Secretary of State do to get the price mechanism right in order to get this shift from air to rail?