Jo Platt

Jo Platt

Labour (Co-op) — Leigh and Atherton

Speaking in the House of Commons on 15 July 2025

Debate

West Coast Main Line

Contribution

I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate; I too travel on the west coast main line. Does he agree that there is a common public misconception that HS2 was just about faster train journeys to London, when in reality it was about capacity issues? Does he also agree that the project should have started in the north, where the need is the greatest, so scrapping phases 2a and 2b to Manchester has robbed our region of the chance to improve local services, to support freight and to deliver the levelling up we were promised?

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