Debates between Lord Soames of Fletching and Lord Spellar during the 2017-2019 Parliament

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Debate between Lord Soames of Fletching and Lord Spellar
Thursday 13th July 2017

(7 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Spellar Portrait John Spellar
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Will the Minister accept that the improvements to the road system to East Sussex—

Lord Soames of Fletching Portrait Sir Nicholas Soames
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Mid Sussex.

Lord Spellar Portrait John Spellar
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Mid Sussex. Does the Minister accept that the road system to Mid Sussex would be considerably improved if money was diverted from the ever-deepening, bottomless pit of HS2, thus enabling those projects to move forward much more quickly? May I join my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover (Mr Skinner) in calling for a reassessment of this increasingly troubled scheme?