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Lord Hughes of Woodside

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Education: Disability Financing
Monday 10th July 2017

(7 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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I am, of course, aware of the noble Lord’s passionate opposition to HS2. However, I am afraid that on this one occasion I will have to disagree with him, because I think it is an excellent scheme and we will be going ahead with it.

Lord Hughes of Woodside Portrait Lord Hughes of Woodside (Lab)
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Will the Minister now answer the direct question of my noble friend Lord Clark about the reports in the press? Are they true or not?

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No, they are not true. We are re-evaluating the scheme, but we will be going ahead with it and we will publish our proposals in detail on it in due course.

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