Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Garnier and Derek Thomas

Thursday 10th January 2019 Commons Chamber

[Derek Thomas (St Ives) (Con)]

Ministers will be aware of how long it takes to get right down to Penzance in my constituency.

[Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest) (Con)]

Too long!

[Derek Thomas]

Too long. They will also be aware that people very much depend on that form of transport. The truth is that average wages across my constituency are about a third of those in the rest of the country. Will the Minister give consideration to whether there can be some fairness for my constituents so that they pay less for travel, given their dependency on the network and the distances they travel?