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Railways in Parliament

Spotlight on freight

CLEETHORPES MP Martin Vickers asked the Secretary of State for Transport in the House of Commons, what estimate the Department for Transport has made of the potential effect on the viability of rail freight of a 25% reduction in mode shift revenue suppor t.

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