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Speaker’s Statement
Thursday 30th March 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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I know about my hon. Friend’s interest in that potential scheme. Sir John is an important adviser to the Government in a number of different roles, and I respect and value his expertise. There is a substantial amount of private finance out there looking for projects to develop, and we always welcome serious proposals to improve our infrastructure with the support of private finance.

Jeff Smith Portrait Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington) (Lab)
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T2. The Minister may have inadvertently missed part of the earlier question from my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Mrs Ellman), so will he tell us when Transport for the North will be put on a statutory basis?

Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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I have told the board of Transport for the North that I am happy that that should happen, and it will happen very shortly.

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