Schedule 1 - Office of rail regulation
Railways and Transport Safety Bill
3:00 pm
Mrs Anne McIntosh (Vale of York, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 27, in
schedule 1, page 49, line 12, at end insert—
'(2A) In appointing members, the Secretary of State will have regards to regional representation.'.
The amendment relates to the vexed question of reserved and devolved matters in relation to the Scottish jurisdiction. The schedule does not allow for any form of regional representation, and that is important, as there will be queries about the role and jurisdiction of the Office of Rail Regulation. I hope that someone will be responsible for securing a degree of representation in that regard by adding a new subsection to schedule 1.