Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date his policy to stop tree felling on Network Rail land came into force.
Network Rail agreed to suspend all tree felling for the duration of the current nesting season, except where it is safety critical, on 11th May 2018. This followed my announcement on 10th May, that I would commission an independent review into Network Rail’s approach to vegetation management in England and Wales.