Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Tom Pursglove Excerpts
Thursday 29th October 2015

(9 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Goodwill Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Robert Goodwill)
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As the Minister with responsibility for ports, I am all too aware of their importance in getting exports out of our country and getting imports in. Yesterday I was at the port of Bristol, which is going to benefit from developments in the nuclear industry, which will be partly financed by the Chinese, and I am going to Felixstowe later today to see the developments there.

Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
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The Government’s commitment to dual the A45 between Stanwick and Thrapston and improve the Chowns Mill roundabout was warmly welcomed by east Northamptonshire residents. Will the Minister now update us on that work?

Andrew Jones Portrait Andrew Jones
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I shall have to check the immediate progress on those schemes and write to my hon. Friend.