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8th Report - Railways Bill

Transport Committee HC 1472 Published 10 February 2026

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

33 items (22 recs)

Source

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Government Response

AI assessment · 33 of 33 classified

Accepted 4

Accepted in Part 14

Acknowledged 6

Deferred 1

Not Addressed 3

Rejected 5

Recommendations

1 result

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 … Read more

Government Response Summary

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.

Department for Transport

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