Public Transport Authority for South Yorkshire
Debate between Alexander Stafford and Stewart Hosie(2 years, 7 months ago)
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Alexander Stafford
I will give way one more time to the hon. Gentleman, but I am sure he will want to make his own speech at some point.
Stewart Hosie (in the Chair)
Order. The hon. Gentleman asked you to give way and you said yes. We do not need a commentary.
Paul Blomfield
I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way one more time. He talks ambitiously and grandly about the need for investment, and he is absolutely right, but how does he think that sits alongside the practical experience of this Government, who have cut spending on public transport from £3.9 billion in 2009 to £2.4 billion in 2020? Where is the ambition there?