Transport: North East of England Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Transport: North East of England

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Excerpts
Thursday 20th July 2017

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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None Portrait Noble Lords
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This side!

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Portrait The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park) (Con)
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My Lords, it is the turn of the Labour Benches.

Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait Lord Anderson of Swansea
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My Lords, we in south-west Wales are not concerned about the confirmation of new lines but about the apparent abandonment of a major electrification project from Cardiff to Swansea. There has been a series of body blows to Swansea of late, including the long delays in the lagoon. Can the Government confirm that they have not written off south-west Wales? Do they believe that life ends at Cardiff?