Railways: Freight

(asked on 20th January 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether current forecasts for rail freight potential take account of the need to reduce heavy lorry mileage by 2050.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 3rd February 2020

The rail freight forecasts do not explicitly consider the need to reduce heavy lorry mileage.

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