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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Williams and Birtwhistle quiz Cameron
March 6, 2011 10:57 AM
• [Mar 02] Stephen Williams (Bristol West) (LD): YESTERDAY, the Secretary of State for Transport made a most welcome announcement on the electrification of the Great Western main line to Bristol, Cardiff and the south Wales valleys, including the fact that the jobs producing those trains will be in the north-east of England. Does not this show that the coalition Government not only have a strategy for growth but that that vision for growth is both high-tech and green?
The Prime Minister: The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. In 13 years, the previous Government never electrified the west coast main line out to Cardiff. We have managed to announce it within nine months. He is absolutely right. The good news is not just the electrification of the line to Cardiff, but the new factory in Newton Aycliffe that will build the trains and that we are pressing ahead with High Speed 2.
• . . Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley) (LD): When Colonel Gaddafi is finally removed, is the Prime Minister confident- [ Interruption . ]-that an interim Government can be found to prevent the country from falling into anarchy?
The Prime Minister: I would advise my hon. Friend to ignore the voices from the Opposition. They are just furious at the fact that he liberated a long-held Labour seat. He makes a very good point. One of the things that we are doing, currently and in the coming days, is making contact with the opposition in Benghazi to ensure that we have good contacts with them so that we can help to bring about a peaceful transition in Libya.
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