Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Josh MacAlister and Chris Webb

Thursday 26th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Josh MacAlister (Whitehaven and Workington) (Lab)]

4. What steps she is taking to help improve passenger rail performance in Cumbria.

[Chris Webb (Blackpool South) (Lab)]

18. What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail performance.

[The Secretary of State for Transport (Heidi Alexander)]

I am all too aware that rail performance has been sub-par for many years in this country, but following a decade of decline, we are now starting to see train performance stabilise, with passengers returning to the railway. We are working with the rail industry on a performance restoration framework, with five clear focus areas to recover performance, including timetable resilience, staffing and keeping trains safely moving during disruptive events.