Stonehenge Tunnel Debate

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Introduction: Lord McNicol of West Kilbride

Stonehenge Tunnel

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Brexit: European Commission Discussions
Monday 9th July 2018

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords, assuming that work starts in 2021, which we are very much working towards, it will be complete in 2026.

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My Lords, in view of the Government’s evident enthusiasm for tunnels, could I press the Minister on why they are so unenthusiastic in the context of HS2, when there is carnage for ancient woodland up and down both the phase 1 and the phase 2A routes which could be solved by tunnels?

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