Examination of Witness

Part of High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:26 pm on 11 July 2013.

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Photo of Martin Vickers Martin Vickers Conservative, Cleethorpes 12:26, 11 July 2013

Professor, you highlighted the danger that the core cities will benefit greatly at the risk of the opposite happening in the surrounding regions, and you also pointed out areas not connected to that, and mentioned the east coast; that fits my constituency on Humberside, as well. Would you accept that we can achieve greater connectivity to those areas with the spare capacity created as a result of the transfer traffic to HS2?