Source · Select Committees · Transport Committee
Recommendation 12
12
Acknowledged
Ensure statutory guidance includes details on how ORR should balance GBR duties.
Conclusion
There are benefits to unified duties but the Bill is insufficiently clear on how they will operate in decision-making, in particular the weighting to be assigned to each factor. The Office of Rail and Road will enforce GBR’s business plan but is not bound by it. If the Government intends ORR to have regard to detail on how to balance duties that is contained in the business plan, it must put that detail into statutory guidance. (Conclusion, Paragraph 38)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government welcomes the Committee’s support and notes the recommendation, highlighting the duties in clause 18 and clause 36 for promoting the interests of disabled passengers.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 24 April 2026. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗