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THIS WEEK'S GUESTS

Rose Morrison
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Rose Morrison is a lawyer and activist. She is currently the chair of the campaign opposing HS2. Morrison has organised many HS2 protests and has appeared in the media numerous times to speak out against the project.
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Professor Jean-Pierre Lambert
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A distinguished professor emeritus of urban planning at Université Paris-Sorbonne and an expert on transportation policy, and planning and economic development. He has been a personal advisor of the French Secretary of State for Transport, the Sea and Fisheries from 2014 to present. He has created and supported well-functioning and cost-effective rail projects across France, but is more skeptical about how HS2 has been designed and how it can be efficiently implemented.
Daviana Lidington MP
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The MP of Aylesbury Daviana Lidington, a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Aylesbury since 1992 and the Leader of the House of Commons since July 2016. Previously she was Minister of State for Europe from May 2010 to July 2016, the longest-serving Europe Minister in British history.
Baroness Margaret Whittington-Ashworth
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She has previously worked for Rt Hon. Sir Eric Pickles MP when he was Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Ministerial Champion for the Midlands Engine), but is now deputy to Chris Greyling MP, Minister for Transport. She strongly supports the government's HS2 plans.
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