Draft Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Draft Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Debate

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Draft Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Draft Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Tuesday 19th March 2019

(5 years, 1 month ago)

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Andrew Jones Portrait Andrew Jones
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Our country has had several decades of that, and it led to significant decline. That is not an area on which we are seeking agreement today.

Lord Mann Portrait John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab)
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Can the Minister confirm that once we have left the European Union, renationalisation of the railways is a policy option that will be easy to deliver, unlike under EU public procurement rules? Will he confirm that if parliamentarians should choose to renationalise the railways—I would certainly vote in favour—that can be done once we have left the European Union?

None Portrait The Chair
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I call on the Minister to answer that briefly, because it is outwith the scope of these orders.

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