Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with representatives of Eurostar on the re-opening of Eurostar stations at (a) Ebbsfleet, and (b) Ashford.

My officials and predecessors have engaged with Eurostar directly on this matter, as well as Eurostar’s recovery more generally since 2020, and continue to do so. The Government wants to see the reinstatement of services at Ebbsfleet and Ashford as soon as reasonably possible and when it is commercially viable for the company to do so.