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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-07-06more like thismore than 2023-07-06
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 remove filter
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Railways: Health and Safety more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 27 June (HL8446), what plans they have to discuss with South Western Railways that company's failure to provide water for passengers during hot weather, unlike the other operators cited. more like this
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Lord Patten more like this
uin HL9130 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-07-18more like thismore than 2023-07-18
answer text <p>Ensuring the welfare of passengers and rail staff is a top priority for train operating companies, including during particularly hot weather. The advice remains for passengers to carry a bottle of water on all train journeys in hot weather, so that they can keep hydrated. Most modern trains also have air conditioning installed to maintain cool temperatures, but, where air conditioning is not available, operators ventilate trains as best as they can by opening windows throughout journeys and train doors at stations, where possible.</p><p> </p><p>For hot weather, an ill passenger or an air conditioning failure, South Western Railways stocks water on most trains, and will provide to passengers in those circumstances. South Western Railway also maintains water supplies at key stations so that they can be added to trains during periods of extreme hot weather, particularly at key stations on their longer distance lines.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-07-18T16:35:52.067Zmore like thismore than 2023-07-18T16:35:52.067Z
answering member
4580
label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton more like this
tabling member
1137
label Biography information for Lord Patten more like this