It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. The Government believe that transport is not just a means of getting from A to B; it is a key way in which we fulfil the lives of people in the United Kingdom and connect them to greater economic opportunity and to their families. We will use the transport network as a catalyst for economic growth and for making sure that we have the housing people need. I am grateful for the passionate case made by my hon. Friend the Member for North West Leicestershire (Amanda Hack) for reconnecting towns in North West Leicestershire with passenger railway services to Burton-on-Trent and Leicester, bringing back services lost in 1964 where only quarry freight services still operate today. We are providing all local transport authorities with more consolidated funding settlements giving them the ability to align transport investment with local priorities. In Leicestershire, for example, this means that a total of more than £251 million of vital investment will be delivered through consolidated funding by 2029-30. We want to focus on making transport safer, more reliable and more accessible, giving more people confidence in the network and confidence that it will work for them.