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A3 (Hindhead)

It has been said that the definition of a politician is someone who says when there is light at the end of the tunnel, ““Let's go out and build some more tunnel.”” On this occasion, I only wish that that were the case, because my constituency desperately needs a tunnel. The arguments that I will put today have been put many times before, not least by my predecessor as the Member of Parliament for South-West Surrey. As the Minister is new to the Department, I would like to take the liberty of briefly going through the arguments again. The A3 links London and Portsmouth. Portsmouth is the second biggest passenger port in the country, carrying 800,000 vehicles and 3 million passengers per annum, and is a key gateway to the continent.