Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Keir Mather and Robbie Moore

Thursday 8th January 2026 Commons Chamber

[Keir Mather]

The Government fully support the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver mass transit in the region. People in West Yorkshire have waited too long for better transport infrastructure and too many promises from the previous Government have been broken. We are determined to put that right.

[Robbie Moore (Keighley and Ilkley) (Con)]

The latest cost projection by Labour-run Bradford council for building a pedestrian bridge between Silsden and Steeton over a busy dual carriageway is now a whopping £24 million, and the proposed design looks like some bizarre Scalextric track. Will the Secretary of State meet me to get those ridiculous cost projections under control?