First Great Western

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 23 June 2011.

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Photo of Norman Baker Norman Baker The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport 10:30, 23 June 2011

That is an important and quite correct question, because the present franchise held by First Great Western was undoubtedly skewed towards the operator and away from the fare payer and the taxpayer. It is not a franchise that, frankly, the Government would want replicated. The whole process of franchise renewal is designed to eliminate that sort of unfair franchise.