Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Simon Lightwood and Cameron Thomas

Thursday 13th February 2025 Commons Chamber

[Simon Lightwood]

As I have said before, growth is the priority mission of this Government, and we are committed to empowering local leaders. A regional transport strategy, and a strategic investment plan for the south-west, has been developed by the sub-national transport body Peninsula Transport.

[Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury) (LD)]

As well as being home to both GCHQ and NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps headquarters, Gloucestershire has the largest concentration of cyber-tech businesses and aerospace engineering firms outside London, but the county, and particularly Tewkesbury, is subject to slow, unreliable and grossly outdated rail services. It is also underserved by road transport links eastward. The Government recently announced that they will develop a silicon valley between Milton Keynes—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. We are on topicals—I think you need an Adjournment debate. Who is going to answer that?