Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to maximise opportunities for growing rail freight.
The Government remains committed to growing rail freight and unlocking the economic and environmental benefits rail freight can deliver.
Between 2014-2019, the Government invested over £235m in the Strategic Freight Network (SFN) and further investments are being confirmed and announced through the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP).