My Lords, I am grateful to everybody who has spoken. I particularly enjoyed the idea from the noble Lord, Lord Snape, that a four-kilometre mined tunnel would put HS2 passengers in darkness. If I have got right the speed that the train is going to go, in a four-kilometre tunnel, you only have to blink three times and you have missed it.
High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Viscount Astor
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 10 January 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill.
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