Investing in Britain’s Future

Debate between Jonathan Djanogly and Danny Alexander

Thursday 27th June 2013 Commons Chamber

[Danny Alexander]

In due course we will be investing it.

[Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon) (Con)]

The investment of £1.5 billion in the A14 and the bringing forward of the project will be welcomed by my constituents and many people and businesses throughout the east of the country. Will the Chief Secretary say a little more about how the requirement for money will be split between central Government, the region and local businesses?

[Danny Alexander]

The Department for Transport will make an announcement on that in due course. The point I am making today is that we have set aside the funding for delivering the project as planned, bringing the start date forward by two years to 2016. The road is one of the most important and clogged up economic arteries in our country and we need to invest in it to ensure we get our economy moving.