John Martin McDonnell
Labour, Hayes and Harlington
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the 1,000 new train carriages announced in his speech on 14 March 2007 he estimates will be manufactured in the UK.
Tom Harris
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Once the industry has assessed where new carriages can best be deployed to improve capacity and determined the types of trains required, I expect orders for new rolling stock to be placed on the basis of competitive tender.
UK manufacturers and component suppliers will be able to compete for those contracts on the same basis as other bidders.
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