Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral contribution of the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South of 5 February 2020, Official Report column 395, if (a) he or (b) a Minister will visit the Leamside line to discuss its proposed reopening.
I would be happy to visit the Hon. Member’s constituency at a suitable opportunity to discuss the case for reopening the Leamside line.