Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the remit of the Rail Delivery Group includes industrial relations in the rail industry.

The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) brings together the companies that run Britain’s railway under a single body to provide services and support, to represent and give a voice to freight and passenger operators and the supply chain. The day to day responsibility for managing local industrial relations and the workforce in the rail sector lies with the individual employers, however, RDG has a role in coordinating its members’ views on a range of issues and initiatives, including those that could have industrial relations implications.