Question follow-through · 125384
Northern: National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she intervened in negotiations between Northern Trains and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers on (a) a driver open conductor close procedure and (b) other matters.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she intervened in negotiations between Northern Trains and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers on (a) a driver open conductor close procedure and (b) other matters.
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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16 Apr 2026
Answer published
Negotiations take place between train operating companies and trade unions on a range of matters, including working practices, within mandates issued by the Department for Transport. The Secretary of State has not intervened in Northern’s door operation n...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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