Proceeding contribution from Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 15 January 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Transport Infrastructure.
Transport Infrastructure
My hon. Friend has been a Member of the House for far longer than I have. During that period, she has seen Ministers make a range of uncomfortable decisions in relation to planning and infrastructure, and such decisions have never been the subject of a specific vote. Clearly, the House must express its opinion on a wide range of issues, and as a former Leader of the House I would strongly support that. However, individual planning decisions have never been subject to a vote of the House of Commons. Recently, when the Planning Bill went through, it was not accepted by the House that specific planning projects should have specific votes. I hope she will accept that throughout her time in the House, it has never been the case that such votes took place.
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- 2008-09
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- Aviation Construction Air pollution Civil Aviation Authority Finance Greater London Infrastructure Exhaust emissions Environment Agency High speed trains Heathrow Airport Motor vehicles Pollution Powers Pollution control Railways Noise Motorways Scotland Transport Road traffic control West Midlands Electrification Carbon emissions High Speed Two
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