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Debate between Jo Platt and Jesse Norman
Thursday 14th February 2019

(5 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jesse Norman Portrait Jesse Norman
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I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for raising the issue. He will be aware that the local authority has the capacity to charge up to £10,000 a day for works overruns. We are working on a new programme called Street Manager to enable local authorities to track these works more effectively.

Jo Platt Portrait Jo Platt (Leigh) (Lab/Co-op)
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Leigh has recently been ranked one of the worst constituencies for social mobility. We are also the fifth largest town in the country without a rail station. Connectivity matters: to connect constituencies and constituents with more opportunities to succeed, will the Minister meet me to discuss how we can help to bring rail connectivity back to the people of Leigh?