| Heading: |
Railways: Devolution |
| Question ID: |
1810889 |
| UIN: |
58529 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5273 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Connor Naismith
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| Asking Member handle: |
connor_naismith
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@connor_naismith
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) English Devolution and (b) the statutory roles of Mayors on (i) rail freight paths and (ii) access. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-12 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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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 wants to bring decision making as close as possible to the communities those decisions impact. That is why we will give mayors a statutory role in governing, managing, planning and developing the Great British Railways (GBR) network. This w... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |