Transport Infrastructure Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Transport Infrastructure

Lord Greaves Excerpts
Tuesday 11th February 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait Baroness Vere of Norbiton
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My Lords, the third runway at Heathrow is a private development. If it falls within the criteria of the airports national policy statement, it will go ahead.

Lord Greaves Portrait Lord Greaves (LD)
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My Lords, I give a perspective from the hills in the middle of the Pennines. I am interested in knowing that we are going to have more tree-dappled sunlight. We welcome the trees; the sunlight might be beyond even the present Prime Minister. I just point out that those of us who live in the corridor between east Lancashire and Skipton in the Aire Valley in Yorkshire are not bothered about having high-speed rail. We want our railway back: the 11 miles between Colne and Skipton. We would be quite happy for the trains to go at a normal speed, but please can we have our railway back?

Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait Baroness Vere of Norbiton
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The noble Lord is a doughty campaigner on this matter. We have heard his message and, as he knows, we are working on it.