Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Lyn Brown Excerpts
Thursday 27th June 2013

(11 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stephen Hammond Portrait Stephen Hammond
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The hon. Lady seems to have missed my response to her question, in which I said that we announced yesterday that we were giving the Mayor almost an extra £9 billion of capital. It is for the Mayor to make decisions about how he deploys that capital.

Lyn Brown Portrait Lyn Brown (West Ham) (Lab)
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Yesterday, when summing up the debate on HS2, the Minister of State, Department for Transport, failed to give comfort or even mention the Stratford solution to the congestion at Euston. Will the Government give a commitment to take seriously the cost-effective proposals for HS2 at Stratford to help the east of London, the City, Essex and Kent?

Stephen Hammond Portrait Stephen Hammond
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My right hon. Friend obviously did not have quite enough time to mention Stratford in his closing remarks, but I assure the hon. Lady that the Government look at all these things seriously and will continue to do so.