Rail Franchises
Oral Answers to Questions — Transport
House of Commons debates, 22 October 2009, 10:30 am
Sadiq Khan (Minister of State, Department for Transport; Tooting, Labour)
The hon. Lady raises an excellent point. We keep our options open on the form and length of rail franchises. She is right to imply that a longer franchise might help to support more investment and provide greater stability, but she will be aware that when the directly operated— [ Interruption. ] I am sorry, Mr. Speaker, but there is a lot of chuntering from Opposition Front Benchers. Clearly— [ Interruption. ]