High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Adonis. I was in the House when h...

My Lords, it would probably be quite difficult to find two people who think more differently abou...

My Lords, I want to say how much I agree with the sentiment expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Ado...

After the next speaker, I will call the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, who is present in the Grand Co...

My Lords, first, I must pray for your indulgence, as a Member of your Lordships’ House who has no...

My Lords, I thank the Select Committee and the chair for the report. At least two colleagues who ...

My Lords, I support the principle behind this amendment. We need a clear statement from the Gover...

My Lords, in general, we view the amendment favourably. It seems to have two points to it. The fi...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, for tabling

t...

I have received no requests to speak after the Minister.

I am grateful to all colleagues who have spoken, and to the Minister for replying to the debate. ...

She can.

She can? Is it now the firm intention of the Government to split phase 2b and to have separate Bi...

The noble Lord, Lord Adonis, will know that because the hybrid Bills sometimes prove so challengi...

I was not aware that the Government had stated that it was now their policy. The Minister has sai...

That is the case, yes.

My Lords, I say to my colleagues and friends who lead local authorities and are MPs for constitue...

But that is not for us.

Is it not? It is the Commons? It is so confusing. What that means is that the east Midlands—which...

She would like to very briefly come back. I will not take a shedload of waffle from the noble Lor...

Actually, the Minister has—

We cannot have a debate. To clarify the procedure: if the proposer of an amendment, in their wind...

I sense the mood of the Grand Committee. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Minister? You are fine?

I am good.

Just to clarify again: if the proposer of an amendment, in their winding-up remarks, raises a que...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 2. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to s...

Moved by

Baroness Randerson

2: After Clause 22, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, this is very much a probing amendment, designed to give the Minister the opportunity to...

My Lords, I will be brief. I have enormous sympathy for what the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, ...

My Lords, I would like to see huge, wholescale changes made to the high-speed rail programme but ...

My Lords, I should like, first, to thank the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, and the noble Baroness, Lad...

I agree with everything that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, has just said. I would just a...

My Lords, I generally support this amendment, which is really about tone.

The noble Barones...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, for tabling this important amendment. As sh...

My Lords, I have received no request to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Baroness, L...

I very much thank noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I was particularly pleased that the...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 3. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to s...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

3: Clause 49, page 20, line 44, at end insert—

“( ) A TW...

This is very much a probing amendment so that we can have a debate about the role that Transport ...

My Lords, I was having some difficulty following the arguments of my noble friend. He could of co...

My Lords, I very much agree with what my noble friend Lord Adonis has just said and disagree with...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, for his kind words when he spoke in support of hi...

I say simply that I accept entirely the arguments advanced by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Ho...

My Lords, I have to admit that I barely understand this debate. I did my best to research it and ...

My Lords, I thought that the noble Lords, Lord Adonis and Lord Liddle, did a very good job of mak...

My Lords, I have had no requests to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Berk...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken. This was a probing amendment. I shall...

My Lords, I am very sorry to interrupt the noble Lord, but I am sure that he can hear that a Divi...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken. I had not intended this to be somethi...

My Lords, we come now to the group beginning with Amendment 4. I inform the Committee that it is ...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

4: After Clause 58, insert the following new Clause—

“Qu...

My Lords, after I put this amendment down, it was slightly taken over by events in the form of an...

My Lords, I perfectly understand the need for the Committee to have a break and a stiff drink aft...

My Lords, our break has given me time to absorb the wise words of my noble friend Lord Blencathra...

My Lords, I declare an interest as the chairman of the Woodland Trust, as previous noble Lords ha...

My Lords, I am in awe of all the previous speakers. I acknowledge their huge experience in and kn...

My Lords, I want to make a couple of brief points. First, it is important that there is some sche...

My Lords, I agree with everything my noble friend Lord Liddle just said. As a former member of th...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Framlingham. No? Perhaps we can come back to the noble Lord. I call t...

My Lords, I endorse everything that the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, said, based on his experience as...

The noble Lord, Lord Framlingham, will have to unmute himself in order to join us. If he cannot u...

My Lords, this group of amendments deals with accountability, including a special report on ancie...

My Lords, I call the next speaker, the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe.

Can the Committee hear the noble Lord, Lord Framlingham, now?

No, we will take the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe.

I am ready to speak.

We will come to you after the Minister. If you were ready then to make a short speech, I think th...

My Lords, the position that we take on HS2 is unambiguously to support it, therefore I am not see...

I call the next speaker, Baroness Vere of Norbiton.

May I contribute now?

No, Lord Framlingham, you will speak after the Minister, so you will be the next speaker after th...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Berkeley and Lord Tunnicliffe, for their amendments in th...

I have received requests to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Framlingham, and t...

My Lords, I hope that your Lordships can now hear me. I speak in support of Amendments 4 and 9, p...

I thank my noble friend for his comments. I believe I covered all the issues he raised in my earl...

My Lords, I will make two brief points. I really do object to the way the noble Lord, Lord Adonis...

I think my comments still stand. What the noble Baroness has outlined highlights the importance o...

I am grateful for the opportunity to wind up the debate on these amendments. I thank all noble Lo...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 5. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...

Moved by

The Earl of Lytton

5: After Clause 58, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, we now move from natural landscapes and habitats to the man-made ones. Before I go any ...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to the explanation by the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, of the pro...

The last thing I would want to argue against is a fairness regime for dealing with compensation. ...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, on his 14-and-a-half-minute masterclass on ...

My Lords, I say to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, that I am not at all impugning her integrity; ...

I call the next speaker, the noble Lord, Lord Framlingham.

My Lords, I hope this time noble Lords can hear me.

We can.

I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for her kind remarks. Sadly, I am...

My Lords, the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, with his great expertise, has made a detailed case for the...

My Lords, this has been an interesting debate. My amendment was tabled to make sure that these im...

My Lords, this has been a very good and occasionally somewhat detailed debate; I will certainly b...

I have received no requests to speak after the Minister so I call the noble Earl, Lord Lytton.