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Diana Johnson Excerpts
Monday 18th June 2018

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nigel Adams Portrait Nigel Adams
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I thank the right hon. Gentleman for the fabulous work he has done, alongside UK Music and others interested in this subject, to bring about this change in policy in what is a very important area. The Government will be responding very shortly.

Diana Johnson Portrait Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
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It is really good to see the northern powerhouse Minister on the Treasury Bench because in recent weeks there was a view that he had gone out of service when we were facing the rail chaos around the new timetabling, so could he tell us exactly what he has been doing to improve connectivity between the east and west of the north?