Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chris Curtis and Kanishka Narayan

Thursday 26th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Chris Curtis (Milton Keynes North) (Lab)]

1. What steps she is taking to help ensure that the transport system supports economic growth.

[Kanishka Narayan (Vale of Glamorgan) (Lab)]

14. What steps she is taking to help ensure that the transport system supports economic growth.

[The Secretary of State for Transport (Heidi Alexander)]

Economic growth is this Government’s top priority, and the Chancellor put growth right at the heart of her spending review, announcing more than £92 billion of capital investment in transport infrastructure to give people access to jobs and opportunities. This includes long-term funding for our largest city regions, billions of pounds of investment in roads, hundreds of millions of pounds for walking and cycling, and delivering transformative projects such as the trans-Pennine route upgrade and East West Rail. This will make a real difference to people’s lives up and down the country, now and in the future, showing the difference a Labour Government make.