Oral QuestionDepartment for Exiting the European Union

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 25 January 2018Answered: 1 February 2018

Asked by

Vicky Foxcroft

LabourLewisham North

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

My hon. Friend is a fantastic champion for Derby. She is right: whether it is the workforce I met at Alstom or the workers at Hitachi in County Durham, we will support our rail industry, providing certainty that delivers jobs, investment and security. I met those workforces. I know how worried they were a year ago, as she rightly says, when the previous Government were in charge. I am really proud that Derby will be the home of Great British Railways, because we are bringing railways back into public ownership to provide better services for passengers, cutting delays and cancellations and boosting growth across the country.