Member

After years of the Mayor of Tees Valley trying to persuade his Conservative colleagues to fund these important projects, I am delighted to confirm today that this Labour Government are now backing the region to invest in, for example, the Middlesborough station in the constituency of my honourable friend the Member for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, Andy McDonald, unblocking local networks and increasing capacity on local lines. I pay particular thanks to my honourable friends the Members in the Teesside region who have lobbied hard to see this investment in their region—now being delivered by a Labour Government.