| Heading: |
Railways: Tree Felling |
| Question ID: |
1757790 |
| UIN: |
25653 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1447 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Andrew Rosindell
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| Asking Member handle: |
AndrewRosindell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@AndrewRosindell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to prevent the unnecessary felling of healthy trees on network rail infrastructure. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4029 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lilian Greenwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
LilianGreenwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LilianGreenwood
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| Answer text: |
The rail estate Network Rail manages is estimated to include over six million trees. Network Rail’s main priority must be the safe and reliable operation of the railway which will mean that in some cases the felling of healthy trees will be necessary and ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |