I am aware of those prioritisations. They want both. I have talked to them. However, when I asked them, “Do you want HS2 to get to London quicker or do you want better commuter services?”, they said, after a lot of thinking, that commuter services came first.
Queen’s Speech
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Berkeley
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 9 January 2020.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Queen’s Speech.
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