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Recommendation 11
11
Deferred
Publish an initial draft of Great British Railways' licence before Bill's Report Stage.
Recommendation
We welcome the Government’s original commitment to publishing the draft GBR licence before the Bill leaves the House of Commons. We urge the Government to publish at least an initial draft of GBR’s licence before the Bill’s Report Stage so that the draft can be subject to scrutiny by the House of Commons. (Conclusion, Paragraph 33) 33
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees that the Passengers’ Council must be a robust, independent voice and recognises the important role the Chair will have. As the recommendation is not legislative in nature, the government will continue to consider it as part of the ongoing design process and will write to the committee to provide a final response in the coming weeks.
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Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
The Committee’s Report notes that the record has been corrected regarding this. However, the Government recognises the desire from both the Committee and industry stakeholders to have more detail on the what the draft licence may contain. In recognition of this, the Government will aim to publish a policy document on the contents of the draft licence before the Commons Report Stage of the Bill, so that it can be subject to scrutiny by the House of Commons. We can also reassure the Committee that full consultation on the draft licence will begin later this year during passage of the Bill.
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