The House of Lords, the upper house of the UK parliament, has raised questions about the future of electrification on the British network. Speaking earlier this week in the Chamber, Lord Richard Faulkner of Worcester, often referred to as ‘the railway peer’ brought forward questions prompted by the Railway Industry Association’s (RIA) recent ‘Why Rail Electrification?’ Report. The document, published in April, specifically addresses the question of future motive power for the rail freight sector, in the light of government mandated targets to reach net-zero carbon across the entire economy by 2050.