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Transport (North-West)

Perhaps it is time for a review. I believe that that there is all-party consensus on seeing what we can do to invest money in new lines throughout the country and in looking again at some of the lines that were taken out. If they have not been built on, we could start to link up villages with larger towns, which clearly would be useful. I hope that the Minister will look again at rural bus services, too. There have been loads of rural bus service initiatives in the past 17 years. Yes, the Government announce £500 million here and £300 million there for local authorities to invest, but the services are depleted drip by drip, and, in the end, some villages have no service at all.