Extract from Commons debate on the Budget (day 2) - March 9

Friday, 10 March 2017 08:07

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab):...The Chancellor boasted of infrastructure projects, but my constituents are fed up with broken promises and bad management. We have endured disruption because of the electrification of the Great Western line and the taxpayer has had to cope with the spiralling cost. Now the programme has been delayed indefinitely—at a cost of £330 million. The people of Bristol do not know if they will ever see the benefit, but we have already...Request free trial