Member

Ensuring that the public sector equality duty applies to nationalised rail services is a step in the right direction. I do, of course, appreciate that the Government were working under the assumption that it would; however, enshrining that in the Bill will help to strengthen that commitment. I consequently welcome the commitments that the Minister in the other place made, and I hope to see further proposals for making transport accessible in the upcoming rail reform Bill, as much more still needs to be done.