Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Robert Jenrick Excerpts
Thursday 28th January 2016

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Transport for the North is developing its plans for smart ticketing across the north, and the Government have provided £150 million to assist it with the project. I am a great supporter of smart ticketing, and I will be helping Transport for the North all the way.

Robert Jenrick Portrait Robert Jenrick (Newark) (Con)
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T9. We in Nottinghamshire thank Gordon Brown for dualling the A46, but unfortunately, as was so often the way, the money ran out. The dualling ends outside Newark, and the gridlock begins. Will the Minister confirm that the dualling of the A46 from Farndon to Winthorpe is part of the Government’s plan, and that it could be brought forward in the event of slippage elsewhere?