Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 30 March 2017.
Paul Maynard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
12:00,
30 March 2017
I am sure the hon. Gentleman has already noticed our consultation on the future of the Southeastern franchise, which was released last week and clearly puts capacity front and centre. He is right to point out that we received a proposal from Southeastern, as a result of a personal request from me to the parent company for it to come up with better ideas. We have had it for a week now, and are looking carefully to make sure that it at all makes sense and adds up. I hope that those carriages will be hitting the network as soon as possible.