Lord Bradshaw
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Railways: Electrification
Lord Bradshaw Excerpts(12 years, 4 months ago)
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Earl Attlee
My Lords, the CP5 is not the end of the electrification process. We have announced what we will do in terms of electrification for CP5, but the process will go on.
Lord Bradshaw
The announcement this week means that more than 800 miles of electrification are now likely. That is good news for consultants, good news for planners and good news for those seeking apprenticeships. Would the Minister care to speculate on what would have been done by the party opposite?
Earl Attlee
My Lords, I would hope that the party opposite, if in power, would have carried on with the process of giving us a railway system that is fit for the people of the United Kingdom