This debate has rightly focused on passenger traffic, but does my right hon. Friend agree that a spin-off benefit is that High Speed 2 will release capacity in the classic network for freight transport by rail, boosting all parts of the United Kingdom?
High-Speed Rail
Proceeding contribution from
Iain Stewart
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 2 November 2011.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on High-Speed Rail.
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