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Written Question
Railways: Concessions
Tuesday 21st June 2022

Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what biometric checks are undertaken to ensure people applying for Veterans Railcards are veterans.

Answered by Wendy Morton - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) is responsible for the application and verification process of the Veterans Railcards. When applying for a Veterans Railcard, applicants must provide RDG with evidence of their eligibility.

A list of accepted documents is available on the Veterans Railcard website: https://www.veterans-railcard.co.uk/are-you-eligible/.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Leamside Line

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson) for securing this important debate. I do not propose to go over all the reasons why it is so important to reopen the Leamside line—she …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Leamside Line

"They have clearly not read the report. If the hon. Gentleman tells me that any Government are going to provide him with £640 million of public money for a railway to Consett, he is deluding himself. That is not going to happen. The point is to be honest with people. …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Leamside Line

"I have no criticism of that, but he speaks up and gets the entire thing shelved for six months. That means that my constituents do not get the hourly service from Chester-le-Street that they were promised. That shows how logic has gone out of the window in arguing for the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Leamside Line

"Yes...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Leamside Line

"I will, but these issues are important, Mr Hollobone. Since 2010, the north-east has had the second smallest increase in transport funding, at £17 per head. The Institute for Public Policy Research report of 2019 showed that transport spending in London was seven times higher than that in the north-east …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Leamside Line

"We were unpeeling the mess of rail privatisation and the underinvestment in the system, which led to things such as Potters Bar. We did get major investments, including the improved electrification of the north-east main line...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Leamside Line

"The hon. Member knows as well as I do that the main answer for a lot of communities in his constituency and mine is the bus network. The fact is that because of the Conservative Government, who have been in power since 2010, Durham County Council has lost £224 million …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Leamside Line

"£640 million...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Leamside Line

"Will the hon. Member give way?..."
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