Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Mark Menzies Excerpts
Thursday 22nd November 2018

(5 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jesse Norman Portrait Jesse Norman
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I absolutely understand the hon. Gentleman’s concern. As I have already pointed out, the spike in potholes, to which he refers, originally occurred between 2005 and 2010. He asks when, and the answer is in the previous Budget where a specific £420 million in-year contribution was made. I do not have the numbers to hand, but if I did I have no doubt that I would find that multiple millions of pounds have been spent in his highway authority locally on potholes as a direct result of that funding announcement.

Mark Menzies Portrait Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)
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T6. Following our summer of severe service disruption that saw Northern rail cancel more than 12,000 services, will the Secretary of State meet me to discuss how we can ensure that it does not happen next year? More importantly, though, can we also discuss the building of the South Fylde line, which will see the doubling of the service from once an hour to every half an hour, as it will be a huge boost to the Fylde coast?

Andrew Jones Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Andrew Jones)
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We have been very clear that disruption following the introduction of the May timetable was entirely unacceptable. I would, of course, be very happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss his proposals and the work that is under way to ensure that we minimise the risk of disruption for future timetable changes.