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High Speed 2

Proceeding contribution from Cheryl Gillan (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 25 March 2015. It occurred during Adjournment debate on High Speed 2.

There is a lot of support for that on this side of the House. I do not want a Labour-led Government, and certainly not one that will be blackmailed by a smaller party. I want an incoming Conservative Government with a healthy majority to rethink, refine and re-engineer this project before we are locked into the most expensive Procrustean bed in history.

I turn to some of the detail and the increasing problems. On the current plans for HS2 phase 1, there is still no confirmed connection to central London. The Euston proposals have gone back to the drawing board and Old Oak Common just might be the final terminus. That will connect with nowhere meaningful for many years.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
594 c512WH 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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