{"id":1047,"date":"2013-06-13T15:56:04","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T14:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2013-06-13T15:56:04","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T14:56:04","slug":"transport-role-for-colne-valley-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1047","title":{"rendered":"“Transport role for Colne Valley MP”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 13th<\/sup> June 2013]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

COLNE Valley MP Jason McCartney has a new Government post.<\/p>\n

He has been chosen to join the Transport Select Committee.<\/p>\n

Mr McCartney said he was \u201cdelighted\u201d to have been appointed to the committee.<\/p>\n

The MPs are charged by the House of Commons with the scrutiny of the Department for Transport.<\/p>\n

Its formal remit is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport and its associated public bodies.<\/p>\n

The Colne Valley MP has a strong record on transport issues.<\/p>\n

As vice-chairman of the All Party Rail in the North Group he campaigned for the Northern Hub Rail investment, he\u2019s questioning the ongoing M62 roadworks, he takes a close interest in HS2 and he regularly meets local bus companies regarding local services.<\/p>\n

He will start work with the Committee later this week.<\/p>\n

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\n“Arial”,”sans-serif”;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN’&amp;gt;The Colne Valley MP has
\na strong record on transport issues.&amp;lt;o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;<\/p>\n

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\n“Arial”,”sans-serif”;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN’&amp;gt;As vice-chairman of the
\nAll Party Rail in the North Group he campaigned for the Northern Hub Rail
\ninvestment, he\u2019s questioning the ongoing M62 roadworks, he takes a close
\ninterest in HS2 and he regularly meets local bus companies regarding local
\nservices.&amp;lt;o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;<\/p>\n

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\n“Arial”,”sans-serif”;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN’&amp;gt;He will start work with
\nthe Committee later this week.&amp;lt;o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;<\/p>\n

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&amp;lt;p style=’background:white’&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang=EN style=’font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
\n“Arial”,”sans-serif”;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN’&amp;gt;The Colne Valley MP has
\na strong record on transport issues.&amp;lt;o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;<\/p>\n

&amp;lt;p style=’background:white’&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang=EN style=’font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
\n“Arial”,”sans-serif”;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN’&amp;gt;As vice-chairman of the
\nAll Party Rail in the North Group he campaigned for the Northern Hub Rail
\ninvestment, he\u2019s questioning the ongoing M62 roadworks, he takes a close
\ninterest in HS2 and he regularly meets local bus companies regarding local
\nservices.&amp;lt;o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;<\/p>\n

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\n“Arial”,”sans-serif”;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN’&amp;gt;He will start work with
\nthe Committee later this week.&amp;lt;o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;<\/p>\n

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[from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 13th June 2013] COLNE Valley MP Jason McCartney has a new Government post. He has been chosen to join the Transport Select Committee. Mr McCartney said he was \u201cdelighted\u201d to have been appointed to the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1047"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1049,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions\/1049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}