HS2
Debate between Grant Shapps and Philip Hollobone(5 years, 2 months ago)
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Grant Shapps
I can. I have met the Mayor of Manchester and Mayors across the north, and I am due to meet them again shortly. Those things absolutely will be taken into account.
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
I voted against HS2 every time. Would the money be better spent on improvements to our existing conventional rail network?
Grant Shapps
The answer is that I do not know, but I like to think that £48 billion on improving and upgrading our existing networks is a good down payment.