| Heading: |
East West Rail Line |
| Question ID: |
1809029 |
| UIN: |
HL8047 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
567 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Hain
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| Asking Member handle: |
PeterHain
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@PeterHain
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government why the new Oxford–Cambridge railway line is classified as an England and Wales project. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
The UK Government is responsible for heavy rail infrastructure across England and Wales so spends money on this in Wales rather than funding the Welsh Government to do so through the Barnett formula. This approach applies to investment in heavy rail by th... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |