Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with Highways England on holding a full public consultation on the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway including on the option not to progress with the project.

The Government has already committed to holding a public consultation on options for the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway, to which respondents will be able to offer comment on the overarching case for the scheme. Highways England has been preparing for such a consultation.

We are not able currently to announce any updates on the project or proceed with a public consultation on the project given the imminent General Election purdah period.