High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

Let me say right away that the majority of the amendments are technical clarifications, correctio...

I appreciate that there would be a desire, particularly in central London, to prevent any local t...

My right hon. Friend makes an important point and I can give him the assurance he is looking for....

Although we may be seeking consensus, if there is disagreement, these provisions would ultimately...

The Bill certainly does give the Secretary of State the power, if required, to make TROs himself ...

I am pleased to contribute to the progress of the Bill once again. I was fortunate enough to have...

For purposes of clarification, HS2 was the brainchild of the last year of the last Labour Governm...

I am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s clarification, but if a party is in power, it is in powe...

Is not the hon. Gentleman rather ignoring the fact that most Members are not affected by this pro...

Order. Let me say that our time should be devoted to the amendments, and I am bothered that we mi...

Let me just say that this project benefits the entire country in its construction and its reach. ...

I think that the hon. Gentleman has strayed off the point, but I am sure that he is approaching t...

There are two more sentences, Mr Deputy Speaker.

HS2 does not have to be a Deutsche Bahn HS...

HS2 may well embrace young people’s entire careers, as the hon. Member for Middlesbrough (Andy Mc...

Anti-land grab amendment.

My right hon. and learned Friend intervenes from a sedentary position, and he is right that this ...

I, as much as anybody else, have supported the right hon. Lady for a long time in respect of this...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, and this is what has worried me about this proj...

Order. The right hon. Lady knows very well that she is stretching not the patience of the Chair, ...

I take your admonition, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am trying to use these amendments to make the points...

I think that my right hon. Friend was in large measure responsible for getting the extra tunnelli...

My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right. Lord Snape was always a real gentleman when...

I support my right hon. Friend’s point. It is incomprehensible to our constituents, who have elec...

I would have thought that in a democracy, and particularly as elected representatives in a repres...

Does the right hon. Lady share my regret that MPs were shut out from representing their constitue...

Order. Before the right hon. Lady answers that question, I remind the House that the amendments a...

Thank you very much for reminding me of the rules, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am trying to stick ver...

I shall be brief, as I am well aware that for some people in the House this has been a long proce...

It is not every day that one walks into the Chamber to find parts of one’s constituency, villages...

My right hon. Friend is articulating, through the medium of this small amendment, the fears of ma...

I could not agree more with my right hon. Friend. The fact is that we now know so much more about...

My right hon. Friend mentions David Higgins. In fact, the outgoing chief executive is Simon Kirby...

There has been a bit of change at the top of HS2—my right hon. Friend is right. However, I receiv...

May I begin by joining the tribute to Neil Caulfield? The construction of HS2 will have a devasta...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to say a few words. I had not intended to speak,...

There are quite a lot of questions to answer. This has been a very helpful final debate on the Bi...

I know that it is too late now, but it would have been nice if the Government had actually instru...

I am not sure that I can comment on that point. It refers to something that happened way before I...

The Minister mentions the benefit of HS2 to Scotland. Will he confirm whether there is a Barnett ...

That is way above my pay grade. I simply do not know the answer to the hon. Gentleman’s question,...

I am sorry to go back to the Barnett consequential, but as it has been raised may I point out tha...

I am not sure that I can add anything to what I said a moment ago. Barnett consequentials are way...

I am grateful to the Minister for his comment that this is the beginning of an ongoing dialogue a...

I am afraid that I cannot give the hon. and learned Gentleman a date yet, but I can tell him that...