Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment on the impact of the proposed rail strikes on the tourism industry in each region of England.

Despite the industry’s efforts, we expect the rail strikes to be extremely disruptive, and advise passengers to avoid travelling unless necessary.

A reduced rail timetable will be operated on strike days, which can be resourced within existing constraints. This is likely to have an adverse impact on the tourism industry, but it will provide passengers, and especially our key workers, with certainty around which services are running so they can plan their journeys confidently.