My hon. Friend makes an interesting suggestion that I will pass on to the HS2 team. I am very glad that he supports this alternative site; I think it is the right one, and that people further south will welcome the decision. I have sought, having visited all the route, ways of minimising the impact, but as I said earlier, there are inevitably consequences of a project on this scale.
HS2 Update
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Grayling
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 17 July 2017.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on HS2 Update.
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