Oral QuestionHome Office

“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 12 September 2023Answered: 18 September 2023

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Lilian Greenwood)

Rail plays a crucial role in kick-starting economic growth, including by connecting communities through new and reopened stations. In July, the Secretary of State confirmed investment in new stations in the south-west—at Wellington and Cullompton—and in South Wales, as well as the reopening of Haxby station in Yorkshire.