Welsh MP seeks to make historic change and says 'there is no time to waste'
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Plaid Cymru tables rail devolution amendments as HS2 costs top £100bn
Ann Davies MP Mark Mansfield Plaid Cymru has tabled a series of amendments to the UK Government’s Railways Bill calling for rail infrastructure powers to be devolved to Wales. The amendments, submitted by the party’s Westminster transport spokesperson Ann Davies MP, will be debated as the Railways Bill reaches its report stage in the House of Commons. Ms Davies said the growing cost of the HS2 project, now estimated at more than £100 billion, st…
RAIL FUNDING: Carmarthenshire MP leads Plaid push to put Welsh railways in Welsh hands as HS2 bill tops £100bn
A Carmarthenshire MP is leading a bid to hand control of Wales’ railways to Wales — as the cost of HS2, a project that will not lay a single mile of track here, climbs past £100bn. Ann Davies, Plaid Cymru MP for Caerfyrddin and the party’s Westminster transport spokesperson, has tabled a series of amendments to the UK Government’s Railways Bill. The amendments, to be debated as the Bill reaches its report stage in the House of Commons, call for …
Plaid Cymru will challenge the UK Government today over a promise worth up to £14 billion to improve Wales' railways, claiming there is no guarantee that the money is guaranteed. The party's transport spokesperson in Westminster, Ann Davies MP, has tabled three amendments to the UK Government's Rail Bill, which is due to reach its report period in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
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