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RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch tells MPs at the Transport Select Committee that the consultation into proposals for a widespread closure of railway station ticket offices in England is "a sham". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 We think the whole thing has been a sham designed to be rammed through while people were looking
00:04 the other way.
00:05 And it all goes back to the Secretary of State.
00:07 The Secretary of State initiated these changes through the contracts he has with the TOCs.
00:12 He directs everything they do these days, every letter that's sent he gets access to.
00:17 And of course, if the watchdogs object on the limited basis they're allowed to, the
00:23 decision will end up with him as well.
00:24 So it's a controlled show.
00:26 The whole thing is designed so that they can force these through in a way that they want.

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