Sir Simon Burns corrected the Commons record on West Coast Railway Line: Franchises
Sir Simon Burns made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 20 November 2012. The figure 420 in the original became 1,164 in the correction, higher by 744. Altogether 8 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for how many hours work Eversheds LLP charged his Department in respect of work relating to the West Coast Mainline franchise; and at what hourly rate. Letter of correction from Simon Burns: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) on 17 October 2012. The full answer given was as follows:
Original and corrected words
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| Original | Corrected |
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| In total, Eversheds LLP charged the Department for The correct answer should have been: | In total, Eversheds LLP charged the Department for 1,164 hours work relating to the Intercity West Coast franchise competition. For reasons of commercial confidentiality, we are unable to disclose the hourly rates that were charged. |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/debates/debate/12112041000002.json |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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