High Speed 2

Barry Sheerman Excerpts
Monday 18th September 2023

(7 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Richard Holden Portrait Mr Holden
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I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. I am sure that the Treasury, No. 10 and the Department will be listening to those wise words from somebody who served on the Select Committee.

Barry Sheerman Portrait Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (Lab/Co-op)
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Huddersfield is a proud railway town. Is the Minister telling my constituents and the rest of the country that this is an abysmal failure of the country—the country of Brunel and Stephenson, the pioneers of railway building? Is he telling us that the £100 billion was for nothing? Is that what he is saying today?

Richard Holden Portrait Mr Holden
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No, I am not saying that.