Anthony Smith, chief executive of watchdog Passenger Focus, has welcomed the proposals but said passengers would expect disruption caused by the works to be kept to "a minimum" and information about timetable changes to be provided "well in advance".

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Set and keep to a timetable for removing deficiencies in its information on the condition of Railtrack's assets.

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The Welsh government blames the tight timetable on a delay in getting information from the Treasury - a claim the Treasury denies.

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said earlier this month that Jackson should disclose information about his health struggles on his own timetable.

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In the past two days, Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people) has quietly released new information about both medications, set a new timetable for getting Xolair approved and published new data on Zelnorm.

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