High-speed Rail

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 3:39 pm on 10 January 2012.

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Photo of Justine Greening Justine Greening The Secretary of State for Transport 3:39, 10 January 2012

Part of our business case for phases 1 and 2 is looking at the wider economic impacts. It is always difficult to monetise those properly, but I believe that they will include some of those positive impacts, and that over time we will see the benefit of a larger high-speed network nationally, bringing benefits not only to constituencies like my hon. Friend’s, where the network already exists, but to other cities across the country.