[Mr David Amess in the Chair] — Backbench business — Network Rail

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 4:00 pm on 2 February 2012.

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Photo of Kelvin Hopkins Kelvin Hopkins Labour, Luton North 4:00, 2 February 2012

The hon. Gentleman is making yet another strong point. One of the problems in Network Rail is that contractors are required to work rigidly to specifications, even when those specifications are wrong. In British Rail’s day, the engineers locally would find out whether things were wrong and correct them as they went along.