| Heading: |
Locomotives: Electrification |
| Question ID: |
1788970 |
| UIN: |
41688 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5302 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Noah Law
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Noah Law
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to (a) support the development of battery-electrified trains and (b) ensure that those trains are made using British critical minerals. |
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true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| Answer text: |
The Government is supporting the development of battery-electric trains as they are an integral part of the plan to decarbonise the railway network by 2050. This includes innovative projects such as the Greenford fast-charge battery train trial, a recent ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |