Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 6:10 pm on 19 September 2023.
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
6:10,
19 September 2023
Actually, this is exactly what this contract is trying to achieve. By giving a three-year horizon for Avanti management to properly plan, it will not be necessary to micromanage Avanti. The Department for Transport will continue to support it and, as I said in my opening Answer, the net advocacy scores show that customers are supportive of Avanti. I am sorry that the noble Lord is not, but the numbers speak for themselves—and these are customers speaking and not the Department for Transport.