Midland Main Line Electrification Debate

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Paul Blomfield

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Midland Main Line Electrification

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Tue 8th Nov 2016
House of Commons
Monday 7th November 2016

(7 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness Morgan of Cotes Portrait Nicky Morgan
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I am very popular. I give way to the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) first.

Paul Blomfield Portrait Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab)
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I thank the right hon. Lady for giving way to a voice from as far north as Sheffield. She makes a powerful case about the midlands economy, but does she recognise the importance of the electrification of the midland main line to the northern economy? Does she also recognise that, should there be a further delay in that investment, it will be taken as a very bad signal of the Government’s commitment to investment in northern infrastructure and to regenerating the northern economy?

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