High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:26 pm on 26 June 2013.

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Photo of Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Chair, Committee of Selection 2:26, 26 June 2013

My right hon. Friend knows, as does the rest of the House, that much of that high-speed European railway was built with European money. How much investigation has he done with the European authorities into how much he might be able to reduce the enormous £32 billion cost of the railway?