Luke Pollard
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(6Â years ago)
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Chris Grayling
That has to be dealt with, and we will communicate that to GTR. If there are fewer trains running, they should be not short-form trains.
Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) (Lab/Co-op)
The Secretary of State told the House that sorting out the timetable chaos was his Department’s No. 1 priority. That is a phrase he has used before about Dawlish and the resilience work in the far south-west, which was apparently his No. 1 priority. What is his No. 1 priority, and will Northern and GTR passengers have to wait the years that passengers in the far south-west have had to wait for action on Dawlish?
Chris Grayling
The work on Dawlish has already started, as the hon. Gentleman knows. In terms of the infrastructure period that is about to start, delivering that work is, in my view, the most important capital project in the country. The most important priority on my desk now is self-evidently to get this sorted.