Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will review the decision not to go ahead with the Bradford stop of Northern Powerhouse Rail, in response to the commitments in the Levelling Up White Paper to raise local transport closer to London standards.

The IRP has committed £500 million to deliver electrification and upgrades of the line between Bradford and Leeds, bringing journey times as low as 12 minutes - a saving of almost half compared to today. In addition, the IRP has designated £100 million to assess how best to route high-speed trains from the East Midlands to West Yorkshire which includes starting development work on a West Yorkshire Mass Transit system. These schemes will provide better connections for residents and businesses of Bradford, not just to Leeds but to the rest of the country including London.