Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department or officials have had with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on their advice that Driver Only Operation trains could represent a diminution of protection for disabled people and potentially be in breach of the Equality Act 2010.

The Department has not been in receipt of advice from the EHRC regarding Driver Only Operation and whether or not it could offer less protection for disabled people, and as such has not had any discussions with the EHRC.