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High-speed Rail Services: West Coast Main Line

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent Excerpts
Wednesday 4th September 2024

(2 months, 2 weeks ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Watts Portrait Lord Watts (Lab)
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My Lords, this side!

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent Portrait Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab)
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My apologies: I believe that this is a question for the Conservative Benches.

Lord Bellingham Portrait Lord Bellingham (Con)
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I thank the noble Baroness very much. I declare an interest as a former member of the Select Committee on HS2, which spent nearly two years hearing copious evidence from many different experts. The one underlying recurring theme was the crucial importance of getting the link through to central London and Euston. Without that, we will not be able to solve a capacity issue.

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