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 John Stevenson John Stevenson Conservative, Carlisle 3:39, 10 January 2012

The Secretary of State said that the hybrid Bill could include phase 2. Would it not be sensible, if we have a hybrid Bill before us, to take the route all the way to Glasgow and Edinburgh, which would reassure those of us who live beyond Manchester and Leeds that there will be a high-speed network there at some point in the future?