High Speed 2: Electronic Deposit of Documents

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 6:52 pm on 11 July 2017.

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Photo of Bill Cash Bill Cash Conservative, Stone 6:52, 11 July 2017

I have already made a couple of interventions, but I wish to say that I am extremely grateful to my very distinguished and right hon. Friend Mrs Gillan for all the work that she has done on phase 1, which has set a pattern for what is to be done on the second phase, which so directly and detrimentally affects my own constituency. Before the Minister replies, may I make one suggestion? Birmingham has been mentioned. If we take the line between Birmingham and Crewe, the most central place happens to be Stafford in Staffordshire. Will my hon. Friend be good enough to give serious consideration to using the county council facilities, which are extremely good, for copying and all that sort of thing? People from my constituency, at both ends of the line, would be able to visit that central point with a minimum amount of inconvenience. That is all that I need to say for the time being.