Can my hon. Friend offer any insight into the Secretary of State’s long-term vision for rail franchising? Did he hear the evidence to the Transport Select Committee on Monday on the proposed east coast partnership, when Iryna Terlecky, a rail professional with decades of experience, told us that she had
“no idea how it might work”?
She added:
“If I was doing this kind of partnership, I would not do it on the east coast”
because it was
“completely counter-intuitive”.
Can he understand why the Secretary of State is going down this path?