Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason his Department has postponed the publication of the Integrated Rail Plan; and what his timeframe is for publishing that plan.
The Department intends to publish the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) very soon. Given the scale and long-term significance of the plans that the IRP will set out, it is important that Government fully considers the evidence from the National Infrastructure Commission, representatives from the North and Midlands, and its own analysis, before finalising these plans.