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Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 22 January 2025

Debate

Railway Electrification

Contribution

My Lords, at the railway industry reception in the House of Commons last week, my noble friend said—I think I am quoting him correctly—that in the context of Railway 200: “We’ve got … to celebrate all of the history. But we’ve also got a chance to celebrate the future”. Does he agree that his Answer to me just now is a way of celebrating that future, provided we can embark on a programme of investment in electrification, battery power and new technologies which allows the railway to grow and the freight business and the passenger business to take on new markets with new traffic? Does he further agree that that is the only way that we can meet the net-zero emission targets and make the railway completely carbon free?

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