High Speed Rail

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 3:40 pm on 28 January 2013.

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Photo of Angela Smith Angela Smith Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons 3:40, 28 January 2013

I welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to a south Yorkshire-based approach to the placement of the HS2 station in the Sheffield city region. Indeed, the choice of Meadowhall suggested today seems to offer a reasonable way forward. Will he consider ensuring, however, that the enabling aspects of the hybrid Bill contain at least a commitment to phase 2? Let us separate the enabling from the quasi-judicial aspects of the Bill.