I want to pick up on the hon. Gentleman’s point about the Brown review. One of its recommendations was that franchisees should be responsible only for the risks that they can manage, but that was not implemented. Does he agree that the failure to do so was one reason why this franchise has gone wrong?
Transport Secretary: East Coast Franchise
Proceeding contribution from
Lilian Greenwood
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 23 May 2018.
It occurred during Opposition day on Transport Secretary: East Coast Franchise.
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