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Written Question
A66: North of England
Tuesday 22nd March 2022

Asked by: Neil Hudson (Conservative - Penrith and The Border)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to take steps with the (a) Department for Transport and (b) Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to support the movement of the A66 Trans-Pennine Project further north and away from local communities.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

Ministry of Defence officials have welcomed the opportunity to work with National Highways on their statutory consultation on the A66 Trans-Pennine Project to ensure proposed routes meet the needs of Defence now and in the future.