High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill

My Lords, the amendment is in my name and that of the noble Earl, Lord Lytton. On our previous da...

My Lords, I do not have much to add to what the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, so ably said, and the ...

My Lords, I oppose the amendment. I do not see any point in it whatever. It seems to me that in t...

My Lords, I agree with every word that my noble friend Lord Liddle has said, and I hope that the ...

I think that the previous two speakers are actually getting a little bit personal, putting words ...

My Lords, we always seem to have a conflict in our country between those who believe that we are ...

My Lords, this is, for me, a maiden speech as far as this Committee is concerned. I will try to c...

My Lords, I support Amendments 6 and 8. Amendment 6 deals with the question of peer review, which...

My Lords, I fundamentally disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Framlingham, on the issues he has ra...

Before I call the next speaker, I ask the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, to be aware that she needs ...

My noble friend Lord Berkeley has spoken about the purpose of his amendment, calling for an indep...

My Lords, when I saw the first group for this second day in Committee I thought, “This is going t...

My Lords, I have received no requests to speak after the Minister, so I call—

Sorry: I was not quite sure who I was supposed to email under this complicated regime. I emailed ...

I thank the noble Lord for that intervention, but what he notes are the counterfactual opportunit...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken to this group of amendments, and I wil...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 7. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to s...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

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

“No...

My Lords, this amendment on non-disclosure agreements is relevant to the Bill but covers a much w...

The noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, has withdrawn from speaking to this amendment, so I now call ...

My Lords, I apologise for my ineptitude with the mute button. I am afraid that I have been infant...

My Lords, while I recognise that there is a fixed order of speakers, I really want to speak after...

The noble Lord, Lord Haselhurst, has withdrawn from speaking to this amendment and so I now call ...

My Lords, I am worried that in these discussions I am going to fall out with my noble friend Lord...

My Lords, I am happy to support Amendment 7 in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, and th...

My Lords, as my noble friend Lord Adonis has said, we need some more information and it might hav...

My Lords, I think I will have to disappoint at least three Members of the Committee. First, the w...

We have heard already today about government steps to bring in new arrangements to improve govern...

My Lords, non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs, are entered into voluntarily with the consent of bo...

I have received requests to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, and the no...

The Minister’s response has been compelling. She is right to point up the importance of HS2 Ltd b...

I do not think I have anything further to say to the noble Lord, Lord Adonis. I too would very mu...

Thank you. I would very much like to take up the Minister’s offer of a meeting with the HS2 Minis...

Well, okay, I thank the noble Baroness for her further intervention. I am not wholly the wiser as...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken to these amendments. I think we are in...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 11. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Baroness Randerson

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

My Lords, in speaking to Amendment 11, I shall refer to the amendment in the name of the Labour P...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, has made some powerful points. She has also teed me...

My Lords, that was a very powerful speech by my noble friend Lord Adonis, and I have very little ...

My Lords, while I support everything that has just been said on this amendment, I do not want to ...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly in support of these two amendments. They are vital to getting the...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw. Lord Bradshaw? We will move on and I will call the noble Lo...

I shall be relatively brief. My amendment is on a similar theme to the amendment moved by the nob...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw. Lord Bradshaw, I think you are muted. You have to unmute yo...

My Lords, connectivity between HS2 and the wider network and the impacts of HS2 on that network a...

I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Baroness, Lady Gardner of Pa...

My Lords, my comments are about connectivity and probably relate more to Amendment 11 than to Ame...

I thank my noble friend Lady Gardner for joining the Committee and sharing her thoughts with us. ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who participated in this short debate, particularly the noble L...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 12. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...

Moved by

The Earl of Lytton

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

My Lords, it is fortuitous that this amendment follows the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady R...

The noble Lord, Lord Liddle, has withdrawn from speaking to this amendment so I call the noble Lo...

My Lords, I listened with interest to the noble Earl, Lord Lytton. In general, while of course on...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Adonis.

I have nothing to say on this amendment.

I then call the next speaker, the noble Lord, Lord Snape.

My Lords, I agree wholeheartedly with the noble Lord, Lord Haselhurst. As members of the committe...

My Lords, I have heard many noble Lords say that there is not a problem because the Select Commit...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, for giving us the opportunity to discuss this issu...

I will be brief. As the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, said, this amendment is about the attitude and a...

My Lords, before I turn to this amendment I need to apologise. There was an error in my speaking ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken; those who have been in favour of this amendmen...

We now come to Amendment 15. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to speak after the Minister...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

15: Schedule 1, page 29, line 25, at end insert—

“(5) The ...

This amendment provides that the

“scheduled works may not commence until the Secretary of S...

My Lords, I have some sympathy with the amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Rosser. We had a ...

My Lords, there is a lot of merit in this amendment. As my noble friend Lord Snape says, it shoul...

My Lords, the road traffic issue is one of the thorniest problems associated with this project. W...

My Lords, the impact of the works on local communities is of critical importance to the Governmen...

There are no questions to the Minister, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Rosser.

I first thank the Minister for her reply and all noble Lords who participated in the debate. I ju...

I just want to apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, because I did not hear him mention the r...

We now come to the group consisting of the question whether Schedule 23 be the 23rd schedule to t...

My Lords, given the Minister’s earlier remarks, I am delighted to provide a vehicle for what I de...

My Lords, the Committee will be very much indebted to the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, for that very ...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Berkeley persuaded me to add my name to this amendment. Having lis...

My Lords, I will not take long, but I want to say simply that when a noble Lord raises an issue o...

My Lords, I can only agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, because I too would value a l...

My Lords, I knew there was a reason why I was looking forward to this one. I would be very gratef...

There are no questions to the Minister, so perhaps the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, might want to com...

I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. Perhaps I may deal with a few po...

That concludes the Committee’s proceedings on the Bill. I remind Members to sanitise their desk a...