Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the link between air quality and the exacerbation of covid-19 symptoms.”
Tabled: 12 May 2020Answered: 19 May 2020
Asked by
Lilian Greenwood
Labour — Nottingham South
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Transport (Heidi Alexander)
As part of our reforms to the railway, we have set out that we will continue to lease rolling stock when we take contracts into public ownership, but we will apply a single directing mind approach to eliminate barriers to sharing rolling stock better across the network. We will consider the best funding and financing structures for future orders and contracts in partnership with private capital.