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« on: June 28, 2018, 16:48:49 »
This was published today. It makes interesting reading and suggests that they were not impressed with the answers received from the DfT» (Department for Transport - about).

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmtrans/582/58202.htm

The proceedings from which the evidence was gathered were televised live and can be viewed by catch-up. They are well worth looking at, lasting around 2 hours. The manner of answering of those questioned was revealing. The rail professionals were just that. The politicians less direct, as the committee makes clear.
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