Indeed, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend. Basically, 15 years ago there were about 750 million passenger journeys, and the latest estimate is for 1.5 billion passenger journeys, which is a massive shift that I would have thought my right hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs Gillan) would welcome.
High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord McLoughlin
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 June 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill.
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