Ronnie Cowan
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(5 years, 3 months ago)
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Grant Shapps
The answer is that I do not know, but I like to think that £48 billion on improving and upgrading our existing networks is a good down payment.
Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde) (SNP)
The Under-Secretary of State for Transport assured me that the full stretch of HS2 will go up to Scotland. Is that the case, and when?
Grant Shapps
As the hon. Gentleman will know, we are currently struggling with stages 1, 2a and 2b, but the overall plan was always to go further.