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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-09-13more like thismore than 2016-09-13
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: Compensation more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of those provisions in the Consumer Rights Act 2015 which relate to rail passengers claiming compensation. more like this
tabling member constituency Colchester more like this
tabling member printed
Will Quince more like this
uin 46113 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-09-20more like thismore than 2016-09-20
answer text <p>We want to strengthen the rights of rail passengers to get compensation for poor service. The Consumer Rights Act will allow rail passengers to challenge compensation amounts awarded for delays and cancellations where the train operator is at fault.</p><p> </p><p>Train operators’ existing compensation schemes will continue to provide the main means of redress for passengers after 1 October 2016, when the Act comes into force for all transport providers. We will continue to work with train operators to improve their compensation schemes.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys more like this
answering member printed Paul Maynard more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-09-20T10:29:46.52Zmore like thismore than 2016-09-20T10:29:46.52Z
answering member
3926
label Biography information for Paul Maynard more like this
tabling member
4423
label Biography information for Will Quince more like this