Topical Questions

Part of Transport – in the House of Commons at on 3 December 2020.

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Photo of Grant Shapps Grant Shapps The Secretary of State for Transport

We are absolutely committed to introducing those 4,000 green buses. The hon. Gentleman will have noticed that, because of the pandemic, a large part of the industry has had to come to a standstill while the passenger numbers have not been there. The money in the spending review is a welcome start on that programme. It does not in any way remove the intention to produce all 4,000 buses. To expand, we have to start somewhere, and that is what the new money will do.