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John Grogan

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Business of the House
Thursday 18th January 2018

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Grogan Portrait John Grogan (Keighley) (Lab)
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T3. Do Virgin East Coast’s franchise promises to run trains every two hours from London to Bradford, Harrogate and Middlesbrough still hold good, or have they been scaled back?

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There has been absolutely no change to any part of the terms of that franchise; as of today, there is absolutely no change. It is business as usual. I have set out in this House the challenges, but as of today, to be clear, nothing has changed—neither the service specification nor the contracts for franchise.

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