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Minimum service levels for rail

Inquiry

The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill is currently working its way through Parliament. If passed, the Bill would allow the Secretary of State to make regulations setting out the minimum level of rail services required during industrial action. The Transport Committee plans to examine the process by which those service levels will be defined in practice, and the factors that will need to be taken into account, should the Bill become law.

Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry.

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The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 9 March 2023.

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Past events

Wednesday 24 May 2023
9:30am Public
Minimum service levels for rail - Oral evidence 24 May 2023
9:30am
  • Jake Kelly (Group Director for System Operator at Network Rail)
  • John Larkinson (Chief Executive at Office of Rail and Road)
10:30am
  • Huw Merriman (Minister of State at Department for Transport)
  • Ben Smith (Director of Industrial Action at Department for Transport)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 26 April 2023
9:30am Public
Minimum service levels for rail - Oral evidence 26 April 2023
9:30am
  • Tom Joyner (Managing Director at Cross Country Trains)
  • Jamie Burles (Managing Director at Abellio Greater Anglia)
10:30am
  • Mick Lynch (General Secretary at National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT))
  • Mick Whelan (General Secretary at ASLEF)
  • Rob Jenks (Policy Officer at TSSA)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 22 March 2023
9:30am Public
Minimum service levels for rail - Oral evidence 22 March 2023
9:30am
  • Phil Smart (Assistant Policy Manager at Rail Freight Group)
10:30am
  • Anthony Smith (Chief Executive at Transport Focus)
  • Kate Nicholls OBE (Chief Executive Officer at UK Hospitality)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

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