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Baroness Pidgeon (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 September 2026

Debate

Railways Bill

Contribution

Before the noble Lord moves on, he has not really addressed the point that I made, which is that in Clause 18 there is a perverse incentive that somebody coming in with a different mindset from many of us in this Room could reduce the frequency of trains and hike up fares and still meet what is in this legislation. Even if the noble Lord does not agree with my amendment about a passenger target, and I accept the debate on that, can the Government agree to look at whether some other wording could be put in to strengthen this and make sure that this legislation does what we all want, which is to see more passengers on the railway?

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