Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to invest in cross-border road and rail infrastructure between north-east Wales and north-west England.

We are already investing in major signalling renewals on the North Wales line; in the Halton Curve to improve rail connectivity between North Wales, West Cheshire and Liverpool City Region; and our National Productivity Investment Fund will support local authority investment on the A483 corridor between Chester and Wrexham. In developing our future investment priorities for both rail and road we will continue to consider the importance of cross border connectivity and integration.