§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral answer of 28 March,Official Report, column 823, which other countries he had in mind as pursuing the same model of rail privatisation as Her Majesty's Government; and what were the points of similarities he was referring to in each case. [18163]
§ Mr. NewtonI have been asked to reply. A number of other European countries including Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Holland have restructured or are restructuring their railways to split responsibility for track and infrastructure from the operation of services. Both Germany and Holland plan to privatise some or all of their railways on this basis.