Diana Johnson
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(11 years, 4 months ago)
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Danny Alexander
I am sure that Ministers at the Department for Transport would be happy to have that conversation. As the hon. Gentleman will know, in the autumn statement last year, we set aside additional funds this year and next year for road maintenance and dealing with pinch points. I dare say that some of that money could be used to ensure that the Tour de France passes off without pothole-caused incidents.
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
Is not the A63 announcement more about news management than road management, given that the work is due to start no earlier than has been planned for many years? Is this not another case of jam tomorrow, while Hull continues to have traffic jams today?
Danny Alexander
As we are the first Government to have committed to undertake that work, I thought that the hon. Lady would have welcomed it.