Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 25 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the reference to the reopening of Beeching lines will include the Ivanhoe railway line between Leicester and Burton that was listed in his Department's news story entitled Moving Ahead to Reopen Railway Lines and Stations, published June 2022.

The Ivanhoe Line will be reopened under Network North. This is referred to at paragraph 63 of the Network North policy paper.