Transport Infrastructure Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Transport Infrastructure

Robert Goodwill Excerpts
Tuesday 11th February 2020

(4 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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The money is coming through the hard work and effort of the British people. This Government will manage our finances prudently and ensure that the economy is not wrecked, as it was by the last Labour Government.

Robert Goodwill Portrait Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby) (Con)
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HS2 will connect with the Elizabeth line and Heathrow airport at Old Oak Common station—a station that will become every bit as famous as Victoria or Waterloo. But Old Oak Common will be neither old nor common, so does the Prime Minister agree that it should have a name that is iconic and in keeping with its importance—maybe after the first woman Prime Minister of our country?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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That is a brilliant idea. Let us try that one out on the Mayor of London.