THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE TWENTY-FIRST REPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ON THE RAILWAY BILL

Following the Second Reading of the UK's Railways Bill on 19 July 1999, the House of Commons agreed to refer it to its Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee for scrutiny. The Committee's report was published on 10 November 1999, and this document is the Government's formal response to it. It includes many specific recommendations, of which the following are examples. The Government welcomes the Railways Bill, as a practical way of addressing the problems of a restructured railway. It recommends that the Secretary of State clarify the relationship between the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) and the Rail Regulator, to ensure that the SRA's aility to achieve its objectives is not limited. The Secretary of State should make public his directions and guidance to the SRA, and the SRA should present to Parliament an annual report on its activities, income and expenditure, and existing and future strategies. The SRA should collect information about the performance of and investment by train operating companies, Railtrack, and others involved in the railway industry; it should publish this information in its Annual Report and also several times a year, perhaps quarterly. Other recommendations refer to public consultations by the SRA, improvement of rail safety, fares and tariffs, financing, etc.

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• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 21 p.
• Serial:
  • CM 4548
  • Publisher: STATIONERY OFFICE

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carriers; Data collection; Districts and authorities; Federal government; Financing; Improvements; Legislation; Policy; Public participation; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Safety; Tariffs; Teams; Transportation departments; Workshops
• Uncontrolled Terms: Guidance
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 8623: Data acquisition; 244: Financing; 183: Government (national); 9104: Guidance; 9108: Improvement; 1556: Legislation; 173: Policy; 142: Public participation; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 1665: Safety; 241: Tariff; 253: Transport authority; 274: Transport operator; 8119: United Kingdom; 9090: Working group
• Subject Areas: Law; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00796574
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-10-145382-5
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 2 2000 12:00AM