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Thursday 3rd February 2022 Commons Chamber

[Robert Courts]

I know that the Buses Minister will be delighted to look at that particular strategy in the context of the overall funding the Government are providing.

[Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab)]

21. What recent discussions he has had with Transport for London on proposals to extend the docklands light railway to Thamesmead.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Wendy Morton)]

The Government and Homes England are exploring potential opportunities and options at Thamesmead and Beckton Riverside with the Greater London Authority and Transport for London.

[Abena Oppong-Asare]

Thamesmead in my constituency needs levelling up. It has some of the worst public transport links in the capital. There are ambitious plans to extend the docklands light railway to Thamesmead, which are supported by Greenwich and Newham councils and Transport for London. Will the Minister look favourably at these proposals when they are submitted to the Government, and provide the necessary funding to finally put Thamesmead on the transport map?

[Wendy Morton]

With regard to extending the DLR, the scale of the opportunity from the potential options at Thamesmead and Beckton Riverside is being explored and the Government and Homes England are working together with the Greater London Authority and Transport for London to do this.

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