Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on transferring ownership of the Rhondda Tunnel to the Welsh Government.

I hold regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on issues which relate to Wales. The Rhondda Tunnel is part of the Historical Railways Estate which comprises redundant former railway property owned by the Secretary of State for Transport.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport wrote to the Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure on 24 April this year to indicate that the Secretary of State for Transport was content to transfer the tunnel to the Welsh Government. To date no response has been received from the Welsh Government.