Oral Answers to Questions

Chris Bryant Excerpts

Thursday 2nd March 2023 Commons Chamber

[The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Huw Merriman)]

I welcome the work of the Harrogate Youth Council. They should be aware that 95% of buses have CCTV. The trains I mentioned coming up to Tyne and Wear have been designed to contain and reduce antisocial behaviour. What I would really love to do is take the Harrogate Youth Council’s ideas and, when I meet the British Transport police chief constable next week, try to match them and feed back to my hon. Friend.

[Sir Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)]

T2.   I am feeling very, very let down. I like at least two of the Government Ministers—

[Louise Haigh]

Name them!

[Sir Chris Bryant]

That would be unfair. Maybe three, even. But they keep offering a meeting to bring together the Welsh Government, the British Government and the local authorities that are interested in the Rhondda tunnel. This has been going on forever and I never, ever get that meeting. When is it going to happen?

[Huw Merriman]

I hope I am not the one the hon. Gentleman does not like. I can assure him that if he checks his box, he will find an invitation from the roads Minister, the Minister responsible for this at the Department for Transport, the Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for North West Durham (Mr Holden), to meet him and the team from Wales. I hope that he will then be very happy indeed and that we meet his expectations.