Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 90564

Railways: Freight

Tabled: 12 November 2025

Answered: 18 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to ensure that (a) the Office of Rail and Road or (b) another independent body has powers to (i) oversee, (ii) intervene in and (iii) appeal decisions on (A) access, (B) contract duration and

Answer

Keir Mather

The ORR will act as a robust and independent appeals body overseeing access and charging decisions made by GBR on the GBR network. The ORR will be able to consider appeals relating to all GBR’s decisions on access to and use of the network and its chargin...

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