Part of Transport – in the House of Commons at on 21 March 2024.
Lilian Greenwood
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)
The leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, who has a nice side hustle as Ben Bradley, once said:
“The full delivery of HS2’s Eastern Leg is what the East Midlands needs to support and create highly skilled jobs, link communities to opportunities and decarbonise our transport network.”
As he failed to persuade the Prime Minister, who cancelled that vital investment in our region’s rail services, can the Minister tell me how we will now deliver the transformative change to our connectivity, sustainability, job creation, productivity and social mobility that HS2 promised? Filling a few potholes will not cut it.
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