Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Whether she will ask Network Rail to assess options for accommodating the proposed Wrexham, Shropshire and Midlands Railway services as part of a wider West Coast Main Line timetable recast.

The Department for Transport has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.