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Railways: Facilities Agreements

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 71253

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance (a) Network Rail, (b) her Department and its agencies and (c) Great British Railways have produced on trade union facility time for railways staff.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

Facility time arrangements are matters for individual rail employers and the trade unions to agree, in accordance with trade union and labour relations legislation.

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