Transport Infrastructure

Part of Business of the House – in the House of Commons at 12:04 pm on 15 January 2009.

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Photo of Rob Wilson Rob Wilson Shadow Minister (Education) 12:04, 15 January 2009

Few people will take comfort from either part of the Secretary of State's statement today. My constituents already suffer considerable noise pollution from Heathrow. The statement contains no real commitment to Airtrack, no money to extend Crossrail, no commitment to a third Thames bridge in my constituency and nothing to reduce pollution. Has not the Secretary of State merely proved the old adage that the emptiest vessel rattles the loudest?