Mary Creagh
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab)
In May when I asked the Secretary of State about problems with the electrification of the Great Western main line, he said that
“there will always be problems”.—[Official Report, 8 May 2014; Vol. 580, c. 264.]
Will he confirm that the Great Western £1.1 billion electrification project is now a £1.6 billion electrification project, and will he say which electrification projects will be delayed or cancelled when his Department has concluded its panic review of his flagship projects?
Mr McLoughlin
A “panic” review of a project that is more ambitious than anything the last Government ever dreamed of? I would have thought there would be a consensus across the House for the huge investment that we are putting into the railways through Network Rail. I am working with Network Rail and it is working with me to ensure that we get the electrification programme delivered, and within an overall budget.