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Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Baroness Sugg on 29 October (HL Deb, col 1119) that "we are working closely with Transport for the North to help transform the economy of the north of England through Northern Powerhouse Rail" and "are looking forward to its business case which will be published at the end of this year, and which will set out details of routes and indeed costs”, whether the terms of reference for the details of those routes include a requirement that the new route will include stops at (1) Bradford, and (2) Sheffield; and whether any assurances on this have been given to those two cities.  HL11125

Question HL11125: tabled on 30 October 2018 and due for answer by 13 November 2018

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Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Baroness Sugg on 29 October (HL Deb, col 1119) that "we are working closely with Transport for the North to help transform the economy of the north of England through Northern Powerhouse Rail" and "are looking forward to its business case which will be published at the end of this year, and which will set out details of routes and indeed costs”, whether the terms of reference for the details of those routes include a requirement that the new route will include stops at (1) Bradford, and (2) Sheffield; and whether any assurances on this have been given to those two cities.  HL11125
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Lord Greaves
Liberal Democrat
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