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PMQs 2026-03-25

2026-03-25 Cat Smith
Partial Answer

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 ...

Answered by: Keir Starmer

PMQs 2026-03-18

2026-03-18 Greg Smith
Partial Answer

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?...

Answered by: Keir Starmer

PMQs 2026-03-11

2026-03-11 Graham Stringer
Partial Answer

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...

Answered by: Keir Starmer

PMQs 2026-02-25

2026-02-25 Adam Dance
Direct Answer

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...

Answered by: Keir Starmer

PMQs 2026-02-11

2026-02-11 Olly Glover
Partial Answer

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...

Answered by: Keir Starmer

PMQs 2026-02-11

2026-02-11 Peter Swallow
Partial Answer

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 ...

Answered by: Keir Starmer

PMQs 2026-01-14

2026-01-14 Marie Tidball
Partial Answer

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...

Answered by: The Prime Minister (Keir Starmer)

PMQs 2025-11-26

2025-11-26 Rachel Hopkins
Direct Answer

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...

Answered by: The Prime Minister (Keir Starmer)

PMQs 2025-11-19

2025-11-19 Connor Naismith
Partial Answer

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...

Answered by: The Prime Minister (Keir Starmer)

PMQs 2025-11-05

2025-11-05 Ben Spencer
Partial Answer

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...

Answered by: David Lammy

Recent Ministerial Questions

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Pothole Repairs Government Funding 2026-03-26

2026-03-26 Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage) (Liberal Democrat)
Partial Answer

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...

Answered by: Simon Lightwood

Pothole Repairs Government Funding 2026-03-26

2026-03-26 Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) (Labour)
Partial Answer

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...

Answered by: Simon Lightwood

Pothole Repairs Government Funding 2026-03-26

2026-03-26 Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Conservative)
Partial Answer

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...

Answered by: Simon Lightwood

Pothole Repairs Government Funding 2026-03-26

2026-03-26 Clive Jones (Wokingham) (Liberal Democrat)
Partial Answer

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...

Answered by: Simon Lightwood

Pothole Repairs Government Funding 2026-03-26

2026-03-26 Clive Jones (Wokingham) (Liberal Democrat)
Direct Answer

What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Government funding for repairing potholes?...

Answered by: Simon Lightwood

Passenger Rail Services 2026-03-26

2026-03-26 Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay) (Conservative)
Partial Answer

Does he agree with his own past statement that nationalised railways save taxpayers up to £110-150 million annually?...

Answered by: Keir Mather

Passenger Rail Services 2026-03-26

2026-03-26 Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay) (Conservative)
Partial Answer

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?...

Answered by: Keir Mather

Passenger Rail Services 2026-03-26

2026-03-26 Steve Witherden (Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr) (Labour)
Partial Answer

Will the Minister provide an update on progress in delivering a ramp at Ruabon station to make it more accessible?...

Answered by: Keir Mather

Passenger Rail Services 2026-03-26

2026-03-26 Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill) (Labour)
Partial Answer

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 ...

Answered by: Keir Mather

Passenger Rail Services 2026-03-26

2026-03-26 Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill) (Labour)
Direct Answer

What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail services after they were unreliable under the previous Government?...

Answered by: Keir Mather

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