The £50billion HS2 rail line which will link the Midlands to London will go ahead as planned. MPs voted to give the legislation behind it a second reading - despite protests from campaigners and 33 Conservative MPs who voted against.
The controversial £50bn high speed rail line which will link Birmingham and the East Midlands with London and the north enters a key phase of its development today when MPs debate and vote on legislation.
The second reading of the HS2 Hybrid Bill allows the House of Commons to approve the project in principle.
Cheryl Gillan, the Tory MP for Chesham and Amersham, has pressed for an extra day's debate on Bill:
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