Lilian Greenwood

Lilian Greenwood

Labour — Nottingham South

Speaking in the House of Commons on 7 April 2025

Debate

Road Maintenance

Contribution

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. As the Secretary of State said earlier, this Government inherited crumbling roads with local highway authorities struggling to stay on top of an ever-increasing backlog of maintenance. Of course, there are many reasons for that, including the weather and the increasing volume and weight of traffic using our roads, but it is abundantly clear that the funding provided by the previous Government was simply not enough to allow local authorities to deal with the problem. No one knows this better than Karen Shore, our Labour candidate in Runcorn and Helsby, who served for many years as the cabinet member for highways on her local council. As she and we remember, the Tories made promises for 14 years but, in reality, any funding uplifts were short-lived and never fully materialised. It is perhaps not surprising that the Conservative Benches have been so empty during this debate. This Government are determined to ensure that things will be different, and we will do better.

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