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Lord Adonis to address DIB Parliamentary Reception

Former Transport Minister, Lord Andrew Adonis, will be addressing Downtown’s Transport, Infrastructure & Construction Parliamentary Reception.

The former Transport Minister, Lord Andrew Adonis, will be addressing Downtown’s Transport, Infrastructure & Construction Parliamentary Reception taking place at the Palace of Westminster on Monday 18th October 2021.

The former minister in Gordon Brown’s government, who is a big supporter of HS2 and has expressed his disapproval of Brexit, will be commenting on the latest news and updates from the transport sector.

Lord Adonis will join Lindsay Hoyle, Andrew Stephenson, Heidi Alexander, Baroness Foster, Alison McGovern MP, Jess Phillips MP and more on the evening.

There are limited tickets available at this event for further information visit https://downtowninbusiness.com/events/transport-infrastructure-construction-parliamentary-reception/

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