David Chadwick MP accuses UK Government of ‘cheating’ Wales out of billions in rail funding

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David Chadwick has accused the UK Government of “cheating” Wales out of billions in rail funding, during a heated exchange in the House of Commons. The Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe challenged Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones in the House of Commons this week over what he described as Wales being denied its fair share of funding due to misclassified projects and limited investment outside South East Wales. Video from Parliamentlive.tv

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00:00including in Scotland. David Chadwick. Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. I hope the

00:05Minister appreciates just how insulting it is for Welsh ears to be told that

00:10we're getting a fair deal when it comes to railway funding, when we know that

00:13we've been cheated out of billions of pounds due to the classification of

00:18several projects as England-Wales projects. Wales here is only getting

00:23five railway stations between Newport and Cardiff. That's hardly national

00:29renewal, is it? So will he bet on Wales and commit to projects outside of that

00:37belt across Mid-Wales and West Wales or the electrification of the North and

00:42South lines? Chief Secretary. There's a key difference Madam Deputy Speaker. Under the

00:47last government you can get a penny. Under this Labour government working with

00:50the Labour government in Wales. Not only have you got the largest real terms

00:54increase in spending in Wales since devolution began, you've got £455 million

00:58for rail infrastructure, nearly £130 million for coal-tip safety and many many

01:03other things. This is the benefit of two Labour governments working together to

01:06deliver for the people of Wales and you might want to be a little bit more

01:08grateful in future.

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