Member

I turn now to Amendment 38 from the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, and the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, and Amendment 27A from the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, which require the Secretary of State to lay reports before Parliament. The first requires a report on progress on fares, ticketing and retail reform and the second requires a report on the impact of public ownership on discounted fares. I can confirm in relation to the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, that there are no plans to remove any of the railcard discount schemes that he and others enjoy which are provided for by Section 28 of the Railways Act 1993, nor any of the other railcard discount schemes that passengers enjoy today. Public ownership of four train operators has not given rise to any erosion of the benefits offered to passengers by those schemes, and future transfer of services to public ownership will be no different in that regard.