Transport Infrastructure Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Transport Infrastructure

Clive Betts Excerpts
Tuesday 11th February 2020

(4 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Yes, we will do just that. I apologise to everybody for the uncertainty that has been involved.

Clive Betts Portrait Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East) (Lab)
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I welcome the commitment both to HS2 and to Northern Powerhouse Rail, but in neither case did the Prime Minister mention Sheffield. Could he therefore confirm that the Sheffield loop will go ahead as planned in HS2, and that the Northern Powerhouse Rail improvements are about not just Manchester to Leeds but Manchester to Sheffield as well?