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Railways: Public Consultation

Commons · Question 98577 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 23 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to recover the 6120 missing responses from the Railways Bill consultation; and what steps she is taking to ensure the integrity of the consultation process for future consultations.

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 23 Dec 2025

The Secretary of State has written to the Transport Select Committee on this issue, a copy of which can be found here: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/50296/documents/271772/default/. We have no evidence of other consultations being affected...

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