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Proceeding contribution from David Lidington (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 11 March 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on High Speed Rail.


High Speed Rail

The Minister will appreciate that for many of my constituents, today's statement will come as a pretty devastating blow. What, therefore, in his view, are the environmental benefits of the scheme that will outweigh the environmental costs both of driving a new railway very close to the homes of many hundreds of my constituents—in Aylesbury and Stoke Mandeville—and of destroying countryside that successive Governments, Labour and Conservative, have designated as of outstanding national importance?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
507 c454 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Costs Construction Elizabeth line Birmingham Greater London Greater Manchester Leeds High speed trains Glasgow Edinburgh Heathrow Airport East Midlands Railway stations Railways Railway network Newcastle upon Tyne Liverpool Sheffield Birmingham Airport West Midlands High Speed Two
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk