Source · Select Committees · Transport Committee
Recommendation 4
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Steady rail investment pipelines foster jobs, skills development, and innovation across the industry.
Conclusion
A steady pipeline would support jobs at all levels of the supply chain, facilitate workforce planning, help industry address skills shortages and foster innovation. Success stories from Scotland, where there has been greater certainty of future workload, show the relationship between steady investment and industry’s ability to invest in its people and provide high- quality employment. (Conclusion, Paragraph 38)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 1 May 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗