Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what conditions trees on Network Rail land can still be felled.

Network Rail published its own position statement on the 11^th May 2018, outlining the conditions where tree felling may continue, in accordance with Network Rail’s statutory responsibility to ensure the safe operation of the railways. This guidance states that all tree felling activity in England and Wales must cease, except where the work is safety critical.