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Woodhead Rail Route

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

473 c62-70WH 

Session

2007-08

Department

Department for Transport

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Angela C Smith | 473 c65-6WH (Link to this contribution) If that were a realistic option, it would be the most acceptable one for all sides. We are talking a...

Mark Hunter | 473 c65WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is making a strong case—it would appear that there is a trans-Pennine alliance of hon....

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Angela C Smith | 473 c65WH (Link to this contribution) National Grid's considered view, which has been tested by a number of hon. Members, is that even if ...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 473 c67-70WH (Link to this contribution) I am coming to that point. Neither the White Paper nor the Yorkshire and Humber regional planning a...

Tom Levitt | 473 c67WH (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend has moved on from the tunnel itself, but I remind her that the question is whos...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 473 c66-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is nice to be back in Westminster Hall under your chairmanship, Mr. Bercow, after only a short in...

Tom Levitt | 473 c63WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend represents one end of the Woodhead tunnel and I represent the other. She is absolutel...

Angela C Smith | 473 c62-3WH (Link to this contribution) I think that this is my first opportunity to speak under your chairmanship, Mr. Bercow, and it is no...

Michael Clapham | 473 c64WH (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend is aware, the west side of the tunnel is in my constituency. One of the groups tha...

Angela C Smith | 473 c64WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. My hon. Friend makes a very important point. There is a great deal of sense in establish...

Lord Brady of Altrincham | 473 c65WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is making a powerful case, which I support. Obviously, there is an environmental benef...

Angela C Smith | 473 c65WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes the key point again that the issue is not only the trans-Pennine link but the l...

Linda Riordan | 473 c63WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this very important debate. Does she agree that investment...

Angela C Smith | 473 c63WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. Indeed, I was contacted only yesterday by one of those companies about this...

Graham Stringer | 473 c64WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making an unanswerable case for reserving the Woodhead tunnel for future use and, ...

Angela C Smith | 473 c63-4WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. The whole point of reopening the Woodhead line would be to enable passenger...

Subjects

Construction Freight Passengers Tunnels Civil engineering Northern Way Woodhead line

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