Rail Freight: Channel Tunnel Debate
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(3 years, 6 months ago)
Lords ChamberThe Government continue to discuss Eurostar’s financial situation with the French Government. At the moment there are no proposals on the table.
My Lords, how many of these delays are due to widespread strikes in France over pensions and how many are due to the EU being, as usual, as difficult as ever? I have found no record, of course, of the EU ever having been accused of fairness and honesty.
I am not sure about the delays to which my noble friend has referred, but it is the case that at the end of the year, freight flows decreased somewhat owing to both testing for hauliers, which had to be put in place quickly in December, and preparations for the end of the transition period in January. However, I reassure my noble friend that all freight is now flowing as it should.