Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 9:30 am on 27 June 2013.
Peter Aldous
Conservative, Waveney
9:30,
27 June 2013
I am grateful to the Minister for that answer. Lowestoft station is Britain’s most easterly station, and while welcome work is currently taking place to improve bus interchange facilities the station itself remains shabby in appearance. Will the Minister confirm that as part of the negotiations for the extension of Greater Anglia’s franchise, the Government will do all they can to ensure that the station and its surrounds are smartened up and brought back into full use?
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