Leaving the EU: Rail Industry

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 May 2018.

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Photo of Chris Grayling Chris Grayling The Secretary of State for Transport 12:00, 24 May 2018

I want to reiterate that this is an absolutely crucial project for our railways. Network Rail is currently doing preparatory work for the very necessary improvements at Dawlish. I have given an absolute commitment that those works will go ahead. I regard this project, to make sure a proper resilient railway for the future is delivered to the south-west, as the most important infrastructure project in the country. It is one thing having a railway that is not quite up to date; it is quite another having a railway that gets cut off. We will not let that happen.