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Crossrail Bill

Proceeding contribution from Graham Stringer (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 22 July 2008. It occurred during Debate on bills on Crossrail Bill.
My hon. Friend will recall that during the mayoral elections, Ken Livingstone boasted that £40 billion would be spent on transport in London. Some of that would come from Crossrail, some from Thameslink and some from other projects. Can he assure me that passing responsibility to the ORR will not enable the current Mayor to increase that amount, and can he tell me what the Barnett consequentials of this or other clauses might be? Many of us in the regions are worried—
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
479 c755 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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