Rugby Union: Twickenham Railway Station Debate
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Lord Bradshaw
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Rugby Union: Twickenham Railway Station
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Earl Attlee
My Lords, I am not completely sure that that is a matter for my department. However, I also understand that, ironically, although rugby union is a contact sport, it actually experiences less bad behaviour than football matches.
Lord Bradshaw
My Lords, today is the 776th day since Governments on either side have ordered any new rolling stock for our railways. In circumstances where noble Lords in this Chamber will have found it extraordinarily difficult to get on to trains, and many people are crowded out, how are we going to show the world that we have a railway that is worth using unless some new rolling stock is ordered very urgently?
Earl Attlee
My Lords, my noble friend has made some good points and we are working on them.