Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the (a) Welsh Government and (b) Mayor of Liverpool City Region on the Arriva Trains Wales service from Holyhead and Llandudno to Manchester stations.

There have been no specific recent discussions with either the Welsh Government or the Mayor of the Liverpool City Region regarding the Arriva Train Wales service from Holyhead and Llandudno to Manchester stations. Discussions did take place last year between the Department and the Welsh Government on the specification of the future services on these routes in the next franchise in respect of their operation within England.