The DalesRail service

That this House recognises the value of the DalesRail charter service which connects Blackpool, Blackburn and Clitheroe to the Yorkshire Dales and Cumbria; is saddened at Northern Rail’s cancellation of the charter for summer 2023; understands its importance in increasing tourism and hospitality to the area; appreciates its role in enabling families, walking groups and people young and old to explore more of the North West; identifies its crucial ability to ease congestion on small, busy roads and reducing the amount of carbon we emit in our national parks; and calls on Northern to fix its ongoing staffing issues so that the DalesRail service may be up and running for people to enjoy the Yorkshire Dales and the Eden Valley next summer.