Interesting that the first mentioned focus for the newly appointed National Infrastructure Committee is "
northern connectivity...especially east-west across the pennines".
Also interesting from where the Committe is drawn (birthplace - education, where known):
Lord Adonis -London -Oxford
Lord Heseltine - Swansea - Oxford
Sir John Armitt - London - Portsmouth
Prof Tim Besley - London (?) - Oxford/LSE
Demis Hassabis - London - Cambridge
Sadie Morgan - ? - Kingston (upon Thames)
Bridget Rosewell - Wimbledon -Oxford
Sir Paul Ruddock - Solihull - Oxford.