Oral Answers to Questions

Diana Johnson Excerpts

Wednesday 24th February 2021 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I thank my hon. Friend for all he does to campaign for the hardest-to-reach areas in rural Cumbria. I know that we are doing all we can because I raise it virtually every day, and we are rolling it out as fast as we can. We have committed about £5 billion to connect those areas, £1 billion for the shared rural network agreement and a voucher scheme to target predominantly rural areas, but we are intending to get everything we can possibly done in the next five years.

[Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab) [V]]

Is the 40% cut to Transport for the North’s budget part of the Prime Minister’s plans for levelling up the north?

[The Prime Minister]

There has been no such cut, and we intend to invest massively in Northern Powerhouse Rail, and in railways in the north and across the entire country.