Transport
Rail, roads, public transport, infrastructure
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 193PMQs 2026-03-25
I would like to thank the Prime Minister for the £47 million that this Government have given to Lancashire county council to repair potholes. However, my constituents still feel like they need a moon ...
PMQs 2026-03-18
The Prime Minister and I once opposed High Speed 2, but he changed his stance. With the upcoming reset, will he intervene personally for my constituents affected by this project?...
PMQs 2026-03-11
The National Audit Office report on Northern Powerhouse Rail concluded that the Department for Transport's lack of engagement with mayoral authorities, local authorities, and other involved parties in...
PMQs 2026-02-25
In January last year, Somerset received around 2,000 pothole reports. This January, there were nearly 7,000—a 250% increase. I recently stood on the Fosse Way in my constituency, where one resident ha...
PMQs 2026-02-11
My Oxfordshire constituents are sick of widespread potholes, particularly at Milton interchange, in Didcot and along the A417 serving Challow and Stanford in the Vale. Yet the Government are cutting f...
PMQs 2026-02-11
The Government have delivered the funding needed to rebuild the new Frimley Park hospital after the Conservatives made empty, unfunded promises to my constituents. Now we urgently need to get on with ...
PMQs 2026-01-14
Today’s Northern Powerhouse Rail announcement is a downpayment on the north of England’s future. I want my legacy to be “Two trains an hour Tidball” for our Penistone line. Will the Prime Minister mee...
PMQs 2025-11-26
For years and years, rail fares have gone up and up, but that is set to change next year. Can the Prime Minister confirm that commuters in my constituency will see a saving of around £400 on their ann...
PMQs 2025-11-19
Crewe railway station is the gateway to the north, and indeed the shop window for my constituency, with an average annual footfall of 4.5 million people. I am working with Cheshire East council on amb...
PMQs 2025-11-05
People across the country are fed up with extensive and needless delays caused by road, rail and utility works happening at the same time because of a failure to co-ordinate. My Transport (Duty to Coo...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 1772Pothole Repairs Government Funding 2026-03-26
Road Emulsion Association research has found that 57% of UK drivers experience fewer and less severe potholes on Europe's motorways compared with ours. That was confirmed by Office of Rail and Road be...
Pothole Repairs Government Funding 2026-03-26
North East Lincolnshire council has received over £4 million. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Daniel Francis) mentioned, the council seems to be struggling to get that mon...
Pothole Repairs Government Funding 2026-03-26
Can I declare my interest, having lost three tyres to potholes this year? What assessment has the Department made of the efficiency with which potholes are being filled? What on earth is it filling th...
Pothole Repairs Government Funding 2026-03-26
Wokingham borough council is the lowest funded unitary authority. Between 2020 and 2022 when the Conservatives led the council, they cut the road maintenance budget by £2 million. Now the Labour Gover...
Pothole Repairs Government Funding 2026-03-26
What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Government funding for repairing potholes?...
Passenger Rail Services 2026-03-26
Does he agree with his own past statement that nationalised railways save taxpayers up to £110-150 million annually?...
Passenger Rail Services 2026-03-26
Does this lack of a clear plan explain why the Secretary of State has been reduced to claiming credit for work delivered under previous governments?...
Passenger Rail Services 2026-03-26
Will the Minister provide an update on progress in delivering a ramp at Ruabon station to make it more accessible?...
Passenger Rail Services 2026-03-26
Inter-city rail fares remain eye-watering with London to Birmingham costing £72 on the day and other routes similarly expensive. How will 'reasonable' criteria be defined and enforced in the Railways ...
Passenger Rail Services 2026-03-26
What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail services after they were unreliable under the previous Government?...