Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Helen Morgan Excerpts
Thursday 20th April 2023

(1 year ago)

Commons Chamber
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Huw Merriman Portrait Huw Merriman
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My right hon. Friend has met me to champion the cause of the new station at Aldridge. I can give her an assurance that as soon as that business case comes through, we will make a very fast decision. I will continue to work with her and Mayor Andy Street in delivering more improvements for her constituents.

Helen Morgan Portrait Helen Morgan (North Shropshire) (LD)
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I am proud to support an application to reconnect Oswestry with Gobowen in my constituency, using an existing railway line that has been closed for a number of years, and we submitted an excellent bid in September. Can the Minister update me about when we will hear the outcome and, ideally, whether he will be supporting the bid to restore the connection between Oswestry and Gobowen?

Huw Merriman Portrait Huw Merriman
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The restoring your railway programme is delivering on eight lines, and another 32 lines have business cases or are at other stages of progress. I am happy to write to the hon. Lady and provide detail about the specific project she mentions, but in my view the restoring your railway programme has been a great success.