Tuesday 10th January 2012

(12 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Justine Greening Portrait Justine Greening
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The hon. Gentleman raises an important point, and I will be keen to look at the environmental opportunities presented by the project as well as the environmental challenges.

Nigel Mills Portrait Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con)
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This will be even more popular in Derbyshire if the trains are built at Bombardier. When will we know the detail of the location of the station for the east midlands and the route for the track, which is of some concern to my constituents?

Justine Greening Portrait Justine Greening
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My hon. Friend will have been pleased, over Christmas, to see that Bombardier won the contract to produce train carriages for Southern Rail. We will be getting some initial views on the route later this year, and that is when we would like to see regions, areas and communities trying to reach some consensus on where those interim stations should be.