Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has the power to instruct relevant directors of Southeastern Trains Ltd to meet representatives of Churchill cleaners on their industrial dispute.
Under the terms of the Service Contract between the Secretary of State, DOHL and South Eastern Trains Ltd, the operator is contractually obliged to effectively cooperate with all third-party suppliers and a South Eastern Ltd Trains director has already met with Churchill’s regarding the industrial dispute.