Diana Johnson
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(8 years, 10 months ago)
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Andrew Jones
My hon. Friend is a diligent campaigner on this issue. In October we met Councillor Blaney, a representative of his local authority.
The scheme is highly complex. The Government are committed to beginning construction in our next roads period, which means that we can start the assessment and development work now, but I am afraid I cannot tell my hon. Friend that the scheme is being brought forward.
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
We are approaching the second anniversary of the private finance initiative to electrify the line from Hull to Selby. Can the Minister update us on that no-brainer, which will benefit both the travelling public and the Government because it is privately financed?
Claire Perry
As the hon. Lady knows, this is a ground-breaking way of ensuring that infrastructure is delivered, and of course we want to deliver that particular infrastructure, given Hull’s importance in the next 12 to 18 months. I shall be happy to obtain an update on the exact timing and write to her.