Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend responsibility for maintaining and updating the statutory code of practice for rail retailing to sit with the Office of Rail and Road once Great British Railways is operational.

The future rail retail industry code of practice will set out clear requirements for how Great British Railways (GBR) interacts with all market participants. It will be owned and managed by the ORR, and GBR’s licence will require compliance with it. The Railways Bill enables the Secretary of State to introduce the licence condition that will underpin the code of practice and give it force.