Dave W
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Not sure if there's an existing open thread - I couldn't see one aside from those in Speculative Discussion - but Anne-Marie Trevelyan has confirmed that due to time pressure in getting the energy crisis-related bills through parliament, there won't be time for the GBR bill.
This was confirmed just now in the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.
Articles slowly popping up, here's one from the Independent, sure others will follow:
This was confirmed just now in the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.
Articles slowly popping up, here's one from the Independent, sure others will follow:
Great British Railways plan ‘delayed’ as Liz Truss pulls transport bill
New body was set to run Britain’s railways from early 2024 but no legislation now due this session
www.independent.co.uk
The government's plan to create a new body to run Britain's railways has been delayed, the transport secretary has announced.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan said a planned transport bill that would legislate to set up Great British Railways (GBR) would not go ahead in this parliamentary session.
Asked whether this meant the plan would not be implemented by early 2024 as planned, Ms Trevelyan said this was "a fair call, realistically".
Bernadette Kelly, the top civil servant at the Department for Transport, also told the Committee: "I think in the absence of legislation to the timetable that we have been planning, then it is very difficult for us to implement all of the changes necessary which require legislation to establish GBR."