Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Jane Ellison Excerpts
Tuesday 26th June 2012

(12 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jane Ellison Portrait Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con)
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My constituents warmly welcome the Government’s support for the Northern line extension in the Vauxhall/Nine Elms development area. Is that not a good example of exactly the kind of infrastructure project that the Government could support to help unlock economic growth?

Danny Alexander Portrait Danny Alexander
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It is precisely such an example of the sort of infrastructure that this country needs and the sort of project from which the economy of London and elsewhere will benefit if we can bring the investment forward and make things happen more quickly. As I said, we are looking for ideas about doing just that.