No, not at all. As the noble Lord knows, all Ministers within the department are ultimately responsible to the Secretary of State, and that includes the HS2 Minister. The noble Lord will be very pleased to know that Andrew Stephenson has been appointed Minister of State in the Department for Transport with specific responsibilities to oversee HS2, Northern Powerhouse Rail, which of course is closely integrated, and the trans-Pennine upgrade. I beg to move.
High Speed Rail (West Midlands– Crewe) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 25 February 2020.
It occurred during Debate on bills on High Speed Rail (West Midlands– Crewe) Bill.
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