Topical Questions

Part of Transport – in the House of Commons am ar 8 Chwefror 2024.

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Photo of Mark Harper Mark Harper The Secretary of State for Transport

Two things: first, Avanti does not have any money under the performance regime, because it has not delivered appropriate enough quality, demonstrating that we pay only for good performance. On the specific issue that the hon. Lady raises, the Rail Minister and I raised that with Avanti. Senior executives at FirstGroup agreed with us that those comments were appalling, and they are taking steps to deal with that issue within the company.