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Freight: Infrastructure

Asked by Mike ReaderLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 9 January 2025UIN 21178

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an asssessment of the potential merits of identifying a National Freight Network.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The UK has a complex national freight system handling millions of transactions every day. The merits of increasing our understanding of this system to inform policy making, regulation and investment interventions are well understood, and this Government is improving its data and analytical capabilities to do so. This will enable stronger interventions, including those that may be delivered through spatial corridor and network approaches.

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