division_name: High Speed Rail (London &#8211; West Midlands) Bill &#8212; New Clause 22 &#8212; Construction of an integrated Euston Station
motion: <p class="" pid="a.1665.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.1665.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">Our railways and roads power our economy. It is almost two centuries since this House gave its backing to the pioneering railway from London to Birmingham&#8212;a line that changed our country, and on which many of our great cities still rely today. Of course, we could leave it as it is for another two centuries&#8212;congested and unreliable&#8212;and suffer the consequences in lost growth, lost jobs and lost opportunities, particularly in the midlands and the north. However, the House has already shown that it can do much better than that, by backing a new high-speed route, alongside other transport investments in road and rail access across the country.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1676.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">The Deputy Speaker put forthwith the Question already proposed from the Chair (<phrase class="standing-order" code="83E" pwmotiontext="yes">Standing Order No. 83E</phrase>), That the Bill be now read the Third time.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.1676.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1676.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 399, Noes 42.</p>