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Andrew Bridgen Excerpts
Thursday 3rd February 2022

(2 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Grant Shapps Portrait Grant Shapps
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The difficult decisions that need to be made have to be made by every Government, but I think what the hon. Lady was pointing out was just how generous the grant funding is, through the Barnett formula, for the Scottish Government.

Andrew Bridgen Portrait Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con)
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Will the Secretary of State agree to an urgent meeting with me and representatives of the business community in North West Leicestershire impacted by the Birmingham to East Midlands Parkway route of HS2, to discuss the necessary changes to the route to enter Parkway station and any possible mitigations?

Andrew Stephenson Portrait Andrew Stephenson
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My hon. Friend remains a doughty champion of businesses in his constituency that will be affected by the proposals in the integrated rail plan. I would be more than happy to meet him again to discuss those proposals and the specific impacts on residents and businesses.