Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Peter Aldous Excerpts
Thursday 30th January 2020

(4 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Grant Shapps Portrait Grant Shapps
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Like the hon. Lady, I support the ambition for more cycling. That £350 million is in addition to the existing funding, and I think she will be pleased to back our manifesto commitment to make cycling proficiency, or Bikeability, available to every child in England.

Peter Aldous Portrait Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con)
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Can the Secretary of State advise me of when the development consent order decision on the Lowestoft third crossing will be announced? This was due on 6 December, and it was understandably postponed due to the general election campaign, but we are now eight weeks further on and a statement from him would be appreciated.

Grant Shapps Portrait Grant Shapps
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I need to be cautious—it is going through due process, and I will contact my hon. Friend to give him a bit more detail.