| Heading: |
Channel Tunnel: Freight |
| Question ID: |
1809022 |
| UIN: |
HL8059 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5366 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Pidgeon
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| Asking Member handle: |
CarolinePidgeon
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@CarolinePidgeon
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to increase rail freight through the Channel Tunnel and support a more sustainable logistics network across the UK and Europe. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-16 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answer text: |
The Government is keen to see the growth of international rail freight, which supports the Government’s growth mission. DfT officials engage regularly with the sector to discuss the potential to increase the number of international freight flows through t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |