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Lord Adonis to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Secretary of State for Transport on 29 November (HC Deb, col 344) that “Stagecoach will meet in full the commitments it made to the Government as part of this contract”, and to the remarks by Baroness Sugg on 29 November (HL Deb, col 688) that “as part of the bidding Stagecoach made a series of financial commitments. It has met them in full to date and the Department for Transport expects it to continue to honour them”, whether those commitments apply to the full period until the end of the existing East Coast franchise contract in 2023; and if not, whether they will clarify their remarks.  HL3751

Question HL3751: tabled on 30 November 2017 and due for answer by 14 December 2017

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Lord Adonis to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Secretary of State for Transport on 29 November (HC Deb, col 344) that “Stagecoach will meet in full the commitments it made to the Government as part of this contract”, and to the remarks by Baroness Sugg on 29 November (HL Deb, col 688) that “as part of the bidding Stagecoach made a series of financial commitments. It has met them in full to date and the Department for Transport expects it to continue to honour them”, whether those commitments apply to the full period until the end of the existing East Coast franchise contract in 2023; and if not, whether they will clarify their remarks.  HL3751
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Lord Adonis
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