Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what minimum level of service is being considered by his Department as part of secondary legislation to safeguard a minimum level of rail service in the context of the recent strikes by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers.

The Government's priority is to improve the current service delivered to passengers. Any regulations will rightfully balance the rights of workers to strike, with the rights of the public to get on with their daily lives.