Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement that the Ely Junction and Haughley Junction rail projects will receive Government funding, what the timescales are for the delivery of each project.

We have committed to Ely as part of £36bn Network North programme. We are currently considering next steps for the delivery of the Ely Area Capacity Enhancements (EACE) and Haughley junction upgrade rail projects. All schemes will be subject to the development and approval of business cases and will undergo all formal governance, in line with relevant fiscal and legal duties. We are working with Network Rail on next steps and will update stakeholders in due course.