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HANSARDTransport Infrastructure UpgradesThe Department follows strong governance and planning frameworks, backed by rigorous value-for-money assessments, to make sure that upgrades are delivered effectively. That aligns…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport Infrastructure UpgradesI am keen that we look comprehensively at options for unlocking capacity that the midlands rail hub will provide. The right hon. Lady raises an important point about the Sutton…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport Infrastructure UpgradesMy right hon. Friend is completely right to highlight the importance of the structures fund. There are bridges, flyovers and tunnels across the country where the local authority…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport Infrastructure UpgradesI have said to the right hon. Gentleman before that we are exploring private finance options to deliver the lower Thames crossing, having granted planning consent through a…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport Infrastructure UpgradesMy hon. Friend is completely right. The previous Government lost control of HS2—there is no doubt about it. This Government commissioned the James Stewart review, which made a…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport System: Economic GrowthThe hon. Gentleman tempts me to divulge conversations that I have had in advance of the Budget. I am sorry to disappoint him, but I am not going to do that. I am acutely aware of…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport System: Economic GrowthTransport is a key enabler of economic growth. That is why we are investing £92 billion to maintain and modernise our roads and railways, deliver major projects such as HS2 and…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport System: Economic GrowthI would like to acknowledge that my hon. Friend’s constituents have had to put up with some significant disruption in recent months, but I am confident that when that work is…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport System: Economic GrowthI sympathise with my hon. Friend. Some parts of the country have been held back by poor transport links from years of Tory underfunding. I am pleased, though, that with this…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport System: Economic GrowthMy hon. Friend never misses an opportunity to talk with me about the importance of improving the transport system for his constituents. Through the local transport grant, Cornwall…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport System: Economic GrowthI believe that the right hon. Gentleman has met my colleague, the former Minister for the future of roads, my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood), where…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport System: Economic GrowthWe are working on this issue at pace. The aviation Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Selby (Keir Mather), is cognisant of the benefits that scheme can bring and would be…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport System: Economic GrowthI recently visited Norwich, where business leaders and representatives made the case to me for improvement works at the Ely and Haughley junctions. I am aware of the importance of…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport System: Economic GrowthI can tell the right hon. Gentleman what this Government are doing to support economic growth when it comes to the transport system. We have given the green light to over 50 road…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport System: Economic GrowthThe right hon. Gentleman really does need to get with the programme. We have seen the best month ever when it comes to sales of EVs and hybrid vehicles. He talks about Ford. In…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would like to start by placing on record my deep gratitude to the brave railway staff and emergency responders who dealt so heroically with the appalling attack in Huntingdon a…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for her dogged campaigning on road safety, and thank her for talking to me about this issue and others when I visited West Bromwich earlier this…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member may wish to suggest to his council that it considers the process for securing money from the structures fund, which we will make an announcement on in the new…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsClaims that Government guidance mandates a certain road width are false and misrepresent guidance from Active Travel England. There have never been legally binding standards for…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf the electric car grant scheme is so unpopular, why have 30,000 people availed themselves of it since its launch in the summer? I am clear that the transition to electric…20 Nov 2025