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High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill

I shall vote for the amendment and against the Bill’s Second Reading, because I believe that this is the wrong scheme at the wrong time.

In the few minutes available to me, I want to present a passionate defence of nimbyism. I think that this is a case less of “not in my back yard” than of “not through my front door and the rest of my house”. When we consider the people whose lives this project is affecting, we realise that the position is far too serious for them merely to be asked “How much compensation do you want?” People living in the villages and towns that the trains will pass through if the scheme goes ahead are being expected to wait for 20 years with it hanging over their heads, seeing no shovel in the ground anywhere in

North East Derbyshire, unable to sell their homes, and money is being lost hand over fist in very small rural businesses.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
565 cc378-9 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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