Road Investment Strategy Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Road Investment Strategy

Andrew Bingham Excerpts
Monday 1st December 2014

(9 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord McLoughlin Portrait Mr McLoughlin
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I take my hon. Friend’s first point about the M5. I will need a bit more notice of his other point, but no doubt he will write to me.

Andrew Bingham Portrait Andrew Bingham (High Peak) (Con)
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I am sure that the Secretary of State had a very happy birthday yesterday, but my constituents in Glossop will have a very happy day today following the announcement about the trunk road on the A57, the Glossop spur. They will also be delighted to hear that there will be a consultation on extending it beyond Tintwistle. Will he listen on that point, as he has listened to the hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (Jonathan Reynolds) and me, about bringing much needed relief to my constituents who live and work in and around Glossop?

Lord McLoughlin Portrait Mr McLoughlin
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I know that my hon. Friend has worked very closely with the hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (Jonathan Reynolds) on this matter. We have deliberately said that we want to put the route around Tintwistle and Mottram out for consultation, because that is something which I am more than prepared to listen on and evaluate properly.