Question follow-through · 16477

Freight Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to convene the next meeting of the Department for Transport’s Freight Council.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 27 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 29 Nov 2024
Answer: 4 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

27 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to convene the next meeting of the Department for Transport’s Freight Council.
29 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2024
Answer published
Our ambition is for the Freight Council to bring leaders from the freight and logistics sector together with government to agree priorities and actions, so that freight plays its full part in growing our economy. We have been considering the best Council ...

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