Speeches

Chi Onwurah – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2016-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes to the subsidy profile for the Northern Rail franchise on the quality of rail services.

Claire Perry

Thanks to the work of this Government, the hon. Lady’s constituents will benefit from a transformed rail service under the new franchise. In addition, this improvement for passengers will be provided while improving the value for money of the operation for the benefit of all tax payers.