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Debate between Ann Clwyd and Jonathan Djanogly
Tuesday 14th December 2010

(14 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jonathan Djanogly Portrait Mr Djanogly
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The answer is yes, in both cases.

Ann Clwyd Portrait Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab)
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The shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith (Mr Slaughter), asked whether the Minister would share with the rest of us his calculations on travel times. I assume that he will also put his answer in the Library, and I would like him to confirm that. There will be considerable anger in the Cynon Valley about the decision to close the Aberdare courthouse, and I do not know where the Minister’s calculations on travel times have come from. I invite him to join me on a bus through the Cynon valley, to find out that from many of those areas it is impossible to reach Merthyr Tydfil within an hour.

Jonathan Djanogly Portrait Mr Djanogly
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Travel times were worked out by the Courts Service. The difficulty is that times will vary from one part of an hon. Member’s constituency to another, so it is the average times that have to be taken into account.