I, too, am sorry to break the cosy consensus of the two Front-Bench teams, who seem to be conspiring to spend possibly £100 billion of taxpayers’ money on what I believe to be a white elephant. Does the shadow Minister have no concern at all about supporting the Government on a major infrastructure project where the cost-benefit ratio is as low as £1.40 for every pound spent?
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Andrew Bridgen
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 23 March 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill.
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