Monday 9th July 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Sugg Portrait Baroness Sugg
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My Lords, assuming that work starts in 2021, which we are very much working towards, it will be complete in 2026.

Baroness Young of Old Scone Portrait Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab)
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My Lords, in view of the Government’s evident enthusiasm for tunnels, could I press the Minister on why they are so unenthusiastic in the context of HS2, when there is carnage for ancient woodland up and down both the phase 1 and the phase 2A routes which could be solved by tunnels?