A Bill to require Schedule 8 disruption payments between Network Rail and train operating companies to be allocated to specified projects aimed at increasing the quality, value for money or reliability of passengers’ experience of railway travel and associated services; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
13 May 2016
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This Bill would require disruption payments between Network Rail and train operating companies (Schedule 8) to be directed to specific projects that improve the passenger experience. Its aim is to boost quality, value for money and reliability of rail travel. It is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons.
The bill is at the 2nd reading stage in the House of Commons, having previously had a first reading in 2016.
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13 Apr 2016
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on Wednesday 13 April under the Ten Minute Rule. This allows an MP to make his or her case for a new bill in a speech lasting up to ten minutes. An opposing speech may also be made before the House decides whether or not the bill should be introduced. If the MP is successful the bill is taken to have had its first reading.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
