Great Western Trains: Standards

Mrs. James
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with First Great Western on improving performance.

Mr. Tom Harris
Ministers last met First Great Western and Network Rail to discuss performance on 24 May 2007. The meeting on 24 May was specifically held to discuss FGW performance in the light of performance of FGW and Network Rail against their respective targets in the joint performance improvement plan (“JPIP”).