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My Right Honourable Friend, the Transport Secretary will set out more details of specific projects and priorities over the coming weeks.

But growth remains positive and employment continues to rise in each of the next 5 years, with half a million more people forecast to be in work by 2021.

And on this, Senegal is providing leadership and putting that leadership into practice, through the Senegal River Basin Organisation. I commend the cooperation that you have fostered with Mali, Mauritania and Guinea on flood defences and hydropower. It’s is a welcome example of managing transboundary water challenges through cooperation rather than conflict.

We estimate that the £7.50 rate will raise coverage - the number of workers paid at or below the NLW - by up to 390,000, from 1.6 million jobs (6.7 per cent of the cohort) in April 2016 to up to 2.0 million (8.3 per cent) in April 2017. Looking at progress towards the 60 per cent target, we estimate that the £7.50 rate will represent an increase in the relative value of the NLW for workers aged 25 and over of 1.1 percentage points, up from 55.8 per cent of the value of typical earnings (October 2016) to 56.8 per cent (October 2017).

A section of the route, known locally as Lindal dip – at the junction with Green Lane east of the village - frequently floods in heavy rain. During last December’s storms temporary traffic lights had to be deployed several times to help drivers pass the flooded carriageway.