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Monday 17th June 2019

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Ministerial Corrections
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The following is an extract from Transport questions on 13 June 2019.
Neil Gray Portrait Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)
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T3. Step-free access at railway stations is still the responsibility of Network Rail, which, sadly, is not responsible to the Scottish Government. Currently, only 40 of over 350 railway stations in Scotland have step-free access. Is that not another reason why it is so important to see the devolution of Network Rail, so that this unacceptable situation can finally be resolved?

Nusrat Ghani Portrait Ms Ghani
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There is a £300 million step-free access programme. I do not recognise the hon. Gentleman’s complaint, because 73 further stations were identified in Scotland to get step-free access between 2019 and 2024.

[Official Report, 13 June 2019, Vol. 661, c. 818.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani):

An error has been identified in the response I gave to the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Neil Gray).

The correct response should have been:

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