PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
South Western Railway: Strikes (20 January 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the economic effect on local businesses of the 27-day period of industrial action by the RMT Union on South Western Railway.

Asked by:
Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat)

As set out in our manifesto, we are concerned about the impact of strike action on passengers and local businesses. We intend to implement Minimum Service Level legislation to ensure that the right to strike is in future balanced proportionately with the rights of those parties and persons, whose rights are being disproportionately adversely impacted by strikes.

Answered by:
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative)
23 January 2020