Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 4:11 pm on 10 September 2024.

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Photo of Luke Evans Luke Evans Opposition Whip (Commons), Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Culture, Media and Sport) 4:11, 10 September 2024

For me, that was the key deficit when we made our appeal to the inspectorate. It seems like that has been upheld because, although there are the environmental and infrastructure impacts that will hurt our communities, the fundamental premise of what was being put forward was faulty because the information simply was not there and there was a hostile approach from some of those statutory bodies that made getting information out really difficult. Does my hon. Friend believe that that is the reason why this should not go ahead? We cannot even make a judgment call on that basis, and that fits with what the Planning Inspectorate has come out to say—that this should not go ahead.