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	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Bolton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are plans to introduce a Sunday rail service for Moses Gate, Farnworth and Kearsley stations.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	269697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to introduce a Sunday rail service at these stations as part of Northern’s franchise agreement, the specification for which was developed in consultation with local authorities and Transport for the North. Whilst the railway needs to balance passenger and stakeholder aspirations with the practical and economic viability of running additional services, ideas for these can always be put forward for consideration to Transport for the North.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/07/2019 11:56:00 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1134943

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East West Rail Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the level of greenhouse gas emissions of the decision to exclude electrification from the scope of the Western Phase of the East West Rail project.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
	uin	269713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The publicly available Environmental Statement which was prepared as part of the TWAO for the Western Section, includes a robust assessment of emissions from diesel trains during the operation of the Order Scheme, as well as construction and operational road traffic emissions.</p><p> </p><p>Passive provision for electrification is being provided in the construction of the Western Section allowing electrification to be implemented in the future should it represent good value for money.</p><p> </p><p>The East West Railway Company is continuing to work with government and other agencies to explore options for a local natural capital plan for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc as a whole, and to support the Government’s 25 year Environment Plan.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/07/2019 09:43:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

1135019

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail: Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times his Department has issued a Certificate of Lawfulness to Network Rail for entry to a tenanted railway arch under section 14 of the Railway Regulation Act 1842 in the last five years in (a) London and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	269827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>In the last five years there has only been one instance of Network Rail issuing a Certificate of Lawfulness for entry to a tenanted railway arch and that was in London. In this instance it was an emergency entry without prior consent by the Department for Transport, who were subsequently notified and raised no objections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/07/2019 13:12:09 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes