(Source: DFT - UK Department for Transport) Introduction Thank you. It’s good to be back with you at this ground. This visit has become an annual highlight for me. It’s the third year in a row I’ve addressed the forum. A run like that is rare for a Transport Secretary. Before my appointment in 2012, there had been 7 Transport Secretaries in 7 years. When you are in charge of long-term infrastructure projects, change like that doesn’t always help. Rail, in particular, needs the perspective that comes with experience. So I am delighted to be back. Yet there has been one change since I was last here. And that’s to the forum itself. No longer the Derby and Derbyshire Rail Forum. But now the East...
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