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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-07-03more like thismore than 2023-07-03
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport remove filter
hansard heading Railways: Overcrowding more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the overcrowding on trains operating between the Thames Valley and the Midlands. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Bradshaw remove filter
uin HL8970 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-07-14more like thismore than 2023-07-14
answer text <p>CrossCountry has increased the number of services on this route as part of its timetable re-organisation in May 2023, although some trains have become busier as a result.</p><p>We expect CrossCountry to monitor this and seek opportunities to mitigate it in future. The Department is working on a new contract for CrossCountry. Subject to demonstrating an appropriate business case, the intention is that this will facilitate increased capacity on CrossCountry routes in future.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-07-14T13:03:50.76Zmore like thismore than 2023-07-14T13:03:50.76Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw more like this