On the detail of it, can my hon. Friend think of any other examples where a private Bill has been used as a vehicle for disposing public assets? Normally, private Bills are about a privately owned development such as a dock or a harbour, but this is very different. Existing public assets are being put at risk, or mortgaged, which is hardly in the public interest.
Transport for London Bill [Lords]
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Jeremy Corbyn
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in the House of Commons on Monday, 16 March 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Transport for London Bill [Lords].
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