This just in from www.spirefm.co.uk -John Glen MP
https://www.johnglen.org.uk/puts us in the picture following the story in Sunday 19th Financial Times:
https://www.spirefm.co.uk/blogs/john-glen-salisbury-mp-diary/
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John Glen Salisbury MP Diary
It already seems like a long time ago that Her Majesty came to deliver The Queen’s Speech, setting out the new government’s priorities and legislative programme.
Yet the Queen’s Speech debate has been going on all this time, focusing in turn on different policy areas.
On Monday, the spotlight was on the economy and jobs, so, alongside fellow members of the Treasury team, I spent much of the day in the Chamber listening to backbench colleagues’ contributions.
There has been a lot of speculation in the media in the past week concerning the future of the A303 Improvements around Stonehenge.
There is no doubt that meeting the needs of road users and communities along the route while also respecting the special heritage of the area, calls for a unique solution. The repeated studies and rejection of alternative routes and overland solutions over many years tell us as much. It is only right that major undertakings receive careful scrutiny – and that is what is happening. As Salisbury people, it is easy to forget that the Stonehenge section, while a unique challenge, is just one part of a much larger strategic route, linking London and the South West.
Both I and MP's from further west will continue to collectively make the case for better links to the south west and all the economic benefits that will bring – but not to the detriment of lobbying for investment in local roads.
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