The state does not have a race problem, but it certainly has an education problem just as it has an energy problem, a transport problem, and an overwhelming anything-to-do-with-government problem.
More than half the region's firms say limited access to electricity, telecoms and transport is a problem for business.
WRVS, a major provider of community transport, said the problem had been made worse by cuts to services.
C130J transport plane was hitting problem after problem, it lost a key satellite surveillance contract to Boeing, and losses kept piling up.
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It wants sustainable solutions to the problem of transport in rural areas, where many have no option but to use cars, an end to rural post office closures and the retention of small village schools.
The automakers have reported the problem to the Transport Ministry in Japan, and will be reporting other recalls later in the day in other regions, they said.
This research suggests transport poverty is a more pressing problem for the poorest households.
That could be a problem if the time comes to transport spent fuel from reactor sites to a central storage facility.
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This gets around the great problem of a hydrogen economy, the transport of it (it leaks through steel pipes for example).
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Labour's Brian Simpson - who chairs the parliament's Transport Committee - was questioning the Commission on how the problem can be tackled.
Chris Sampson from Transport and Technical Services said rain and snow had made the problem worse than normal.
But hardly any transport experts think this strategy will solve Britain's congestion problem.
The problem is the potentially explosive growth in demand for transport worldwide and the relative paucity of obvious technological fixes.
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The problem is that the turret was made for big transport planes.
That should sound warning bells for Scotland's transport connections - the lack of air links representing a major problem for Scotland's economy.
And, of course, the other problem is if Africans are being used as mules to transport these drugs to Europe, there are going to be drug addicts, of course, here in the region.
Also giving evidence, the British Transport Police said it had 110 officers working full time on the problem as it was aware it was having a "very significant" effect on communities and businesses.
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Some people (not least Mr Johnson) have accused the government of sweeping the problem under the carpet until after the next election but the new Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, told the hearing that, "just over two years is a reasonable time table".
Earl Attlee, the government's transport spokesman, said there were "strong incentives" for London Midland to put the problem right.
The new transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has told the Conservative Party conference the government plans to improve 57 problem points on roads in England.
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The decision to transport post solely by air and road means the end to the "Victorian solution to a Victorian problem" of moving post around the country.
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