High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Revival

This is indeed very geeky and technical, and all very interesting, but can I urge the Minister, p...

Order. The hon. Gentleman asks the Minister whether he can make certain commendations. He can try...

Thank you for that guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker. I can, however, assure my hon. Friend, who is ...

On a procedural point, my hon. Friend will be aware that there are some experienced politicians w...

Order. No, the right hon. Gentleman cannot talk about Grimsby. I call the Minister.

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Once again, I am tempted to talk about a very laudable proposal ...

As my hon. Friend may know, the amendment that I proposed, which has not been selected—I do not c...

I note my hon. Friend’s concern. My direct reference to “Erskine May” would, I hope, have put his...

I welcome the Minister to his place. The Labour party is supportive of the motion—as can be seen ...

I am curious. The hon. Gentleman says that he does not believe the figures for the cost of HS2 re...

We are told that the cost has risen from £57 billion to £80 billion, and rumour has it that it is...

In fact, the Carillion collapse meant that all the Carillion liabilities for the contract were tr...

On the contrary, it was one of the most cataclysmic episodes of the HS2 story. When everybody and...

One issue that many people like me on the south coast have, which I hope Ministers will look at, ...

Order. We are not talking about the Isle of Wight. We are talking about a procedural motion.

I take that admonishment, Madam Deputy Speaker, and simply satisfy the hon. Gentleman by saying t...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?

I will give way, save that I may incur your wrath, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I have a very specific point on this issue. One of the lessons from my constituency about the fir...

I think the hon. Gentleman makes a very valid point. The issues of governance and communication h...

In a nutshell, I am seeking an assurance from the Minister, which I hope I will be able to get be...

The most interesting speeches in this place are always given when one does not expect to make the...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak, because this matter is hugely important to my constit...

Does my hon. Friend accept that originally the railhead was going to be in Crewe? It was only fru...

I cannot pretend, as a new Member, to have my hon. Friend’s knowledge of the intricate detail and...

Does my hon. Friend not realise that there is a danger that for constituencies such as mine that ...

I go back to my original point: at the moment, those more local services are hampered by the use ...

Many people have framed this argument as being between having only HS2 or Northern Powerhouse Rai...

Absolutely. It is not either/or; it is about working together. High Speed North is a rebranding a...

Further to what my hon. Friend the Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) pointed out, people...

Absolutely. Inevitably, projects overrun. That is unfortunate and not something that we welcome, ...

I note with interest that the motion talks about revival. To me, it is the revival of a corpse; i...

I am pleased that the Government have finally made a decision on HS2, and I welcome the fact that...

May I tactfully suggest to my hon. Friend—my friend, indeed, whom I congratulate on winning her s...

I agree with my hon. Friend, and I shall be doing that.

On a general note, when it comes to...

I fully understand my hon. Friend’s stance on the Handsacre link, but, given that it is in my con...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend.

When people in my constituency say that they are op...

I will be brief, because I am sure that others want to speak. I remember hearing the news about t...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will not, because we are getting very short of time.

So on that local issue, I have got a...

Is my right hon. Friend aware of the fact that Lord Berkeley has sent a letter to the Chancellor ...

I am aware of that, and what is so worrying about the review is that it was totally split. Someon...

As someone who worked in the railway industry for 20 years, I come to this debate from the opposi...

Warm words for the south-west are welcome, but cold, hard cash is what is needed. The south-west ...

Order. There is very little time left, and I made it clear at the beginning that this is not abou...

I equally want to make sure that we are as supportive of the Government as possible. Those of us ...

My brief contribution will not be about the merits or disbenefits of HS2 but about the novel moti...

I should like to reply to as many of the issues raised today as I can while discussing the motion...

In his remarks, the Prime Minister also alluded to the fact that the Beeching line fund would be ...

I thank my hon. Friend for that point. He will be aware that we have officially launched our £500...

Does not the short debate this evening show that the project is very different from the one that ...

I appreciate that my right hon. Friend has been a long-term opponent of the scheme, but I would s...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I am sorry, but we are perilously close to running out of time. My hon. Friend the Member for The...

On that point, will the Minister give way?

indicated assent.

I thank my hon. Friend. The Public Accounts Committee has had two inquiries and we are about to h...

Yes.

Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?

No.

My hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Mullan) talked eloquently about th...