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New Trains (Investment)

I return the compliment. I found the conversation about services to Northampton very interesting and I rather think that I gave a promise to visit and see the services there. Investing, not in the particular Northampton line, but in other lines across the country, will clearly have knock-on effects for capacity in the UK. We need more investment in railways; I accept the observations that have been made. That is why the Government are committed to spending £20 billion to improve capacity, which will benefit people in Northampton as it will those in other parts of the country.