I thank the shadow Secretary of State for finally giving way. She referred to being ideologically wedded to a certain model of providing railway services. Will she explain why, despite its appalling record, Avanti West Coast was awarded a nine-year extension? Surely that was an ideological decision—the wrong decision.
Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Mike Amesbury
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 29 July 2024.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill.
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