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  High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill - Second Reading
  
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  @ MP voted aye to approve spending money on preparations for a high speed rail network connecting at least London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Sheffield, Leeds, and Manchester. 
  @ MP voted no against spending money on preparations for a high speed rail network connecting at least London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Sheffield, Leeds, and Manchester. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to approve spending money on preparations for a high speed rail network connecting at least London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Sheffield, Leeds, and Manchester. 
  
  MPs were voting on if the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill[1] ought be given a second reading, ie. if they approved the key principles of the Bill and if it ought continue on its path to becoming law. 
  
  The High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill proposed approval for expenditure preparing for a high speed railway network connecting at least: London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Sheffield, Leeds, and Manchester.  Expenditure covered by the Bill includes surveying, design, land purchase, and compensating affected property owners. 
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/highspeedrailpreparation.html Parliament's webpage on the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill (Now the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013)]
  
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