Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Damien Moore and Antony Higginbotham

Tuesday 24th March 2020 Commons Chamber

[Damien Moore (Southport) (Con)]

3. What fiscal steps he is taking to improve local transport infrastructure.

[Antony Higginbotham (Burnley) (Con)]

4. What fiscal steps he is taking to improve local transport infrastructure.

[The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rishi Sunak)]

The Government are committed to improving the vital transport links that people rely on every day. That is why in the Budget we announced a £500 million a year fund for potholes, confirmed £1 billion for shovel-ready local transport schemes through the transforming cities fund, and set out the Government’s intention to agree long-term intra-city transport settlements worth more than £4 billion.