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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Philip Hollobone Excerpts
Thursday 29th October 2015

(8 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord McLoughlin Portrait Mr McLoughlin
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We have made money—£125 million—available to the Welsh Assembly. I have met Edwina Hart to discuss this programme, and I am also in regular contact with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales. It is, however, for the Welsh Assembly to come forward with its plans.

Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
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I congratulate the Secretary of State on his confirmation that the midland main line will be electrified to Kettering by 2019. Will he assure the House that the lessons learned from the Great Western electrification will be applied to that line so that its electrification can be delivered quickly and efficiently?

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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That was a neat body swerve by the hon. Gentleman to ensure that his question was definitively in order—a textbook example to colleagues.