Member

The amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, raises a really important point, because lorries and other vehicles are damaging infrastructure and there is a huge cost not just to repair the infrastructure but for the wider network and compensation. It will be interesting to hear how the Government respond to that. Amendment 114, which would require a private sector growth target, goes against the whole of this legislation. This structure is about enabling a publicly owned railway, supplemented by open access operations in part and a thriving railway freight sector.