Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 3 November 2009.
Graham Stuart
Conservative, Beverley and Holderness
2:30,
3 November 2009
Will the Minister consider using capital expenditure to reduce the debt on the Humber bridge? In particular, will the Treasury agree to carry out its own analysis of the economic impact of the tolls on the local area and on the Exchequer, and match the promise made by my hon. Friend Mr. Osborne?
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