Extract from committee stage (Commons) of the Procurement Bill - Jan 31

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Alex Burghart):...Those on Avanti are not the only ones struggling. TransPennine Express  which connects places such as Grimsby, Doncaster, Sheffield and Liverpool, has also seen its performance struggle significantly. That is despite reports in The Telegraph that shareholders are due to earn a share of £75 million. For customers who turn up for their trains, day in and day out—many of whom have annual season tickets costing thousands of pounds—to see shareholders due to earn a share of that £75 million is a slap in the face. That also happened during the pandemic, when a number of trains up and down the country were cancelled, yet shareholders were again in line to pocket big payouts..

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