Barry Sheerman
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(11 years, 3 months ago)
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Mr Osborne
My hon. Friend has described the comments of the right hon. Member for South Shields as a speech. I think we could describe them as an audition.
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (Lab/Co-op)
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is being lobbied heavily by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, for a massive increase in infrastructure spending in London. Does he realise that if he really wants to get our economy going, he should be investing in the infrastructure of the towns, cities and regions of our country, particularly Yorkshire and the north-west?
Greg Clark
The hon. Gentleman may not have been aware of it, but an announcement was made yesterday that was germane to his point: the announcement of the extension of High Speed 2 to Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester, which, in 13 years in government, his party never got around to delivering.