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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2023-07-10more like thismore than 2023-07-10
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 more like this
hansard heading Railways: Franchises more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to set out details of new Passenger Service Contracts with operators and potential operators. more like this
tabling member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys more like this
tabling member printed
Paul Maynard more like this
uin 193090 more like this
answer
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>Once market conditions allow, we intend to subject all contracts both private sector and those under the OLR, to competitive tendering.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to develop new Passenger Service Contracts to enable a return to competition in the market to drive value for money for customers and the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the Secretary of State reaffirmed in the George Bradshaw address, we will enhance the role for the private sector as we deliver reform across the railways. Competition is essential to unlock the growth, innovation and efficiency that is required to create a sustainable model which delivers for railway customers.</p><p>In the short term, we are working with the industry to introduce improved commercial incentives in existing contracts.</p><p> </p><p>We will consult with the market to develop and design the detail of these new contracts, before launching competitions in due course.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle more like this
answering member printed Huw Merriman more like this
grouped question UIN
193087 more like this
193088 more like this
193092 more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-07-18T15:21:43.23Zmore like thismore than 2023-07-18T15:21:43.23Z
answering member
4442
label Biography information for Huw Merriman more like this
tabling member
3926
label Biography information for Paul Maynard more like this
44417
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2014-03-20more like thismore than 2014-03-20
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on the control of legal highs; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Chatham and Aylesford more like this
tabling member printed
Tracey Crouch more like this
uin 193090 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-03-25more like thismore than 2014-03-25
answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>My officials and I have been having ongoing discussions with a <br />number of international partners regarding new psychoactive substances to <br />help inform the review, which I announced to Parliament on 12 December 2013, <br />and which is considering how the UK's domestic response can be strengthened. This has <br />included discussions during the UK presidency of the G8, in the EU on the <br />Commission's latest proposals for controlling new psychoactive substances at <br />EU-level and more recently, at the Commission for Narcotic Drugs 57th Session <br />in Vienna.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Lewes more like this
answering member printed Norman Baker more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-03-25T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-03-25T12:00:00.00Z
answering member
28
label Biography information for Norman Baker more like this
tabling member
3950
label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch more like this