Jim Fitzpatrick
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Thursday 19th December 2013
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Mr Goodwill
HS2 will have a connection via Old Oak Common that provides quick Crossrail connections to Heathrow airport as well, with an 11-minute connection time and eight trains per hour.
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse) (Lab)
Does the Minister agree that in order to promote Birmingham airport it would be a good idea to rename the railway station right next to it Birmingham airport station?
Mr Goodwill
I suspect that people will start to call it that anyway, so it seems an eminently sensible idea.