High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill

My Lords, this is my last contribution at this stage of the Bill. Although I had originally inten...

My Lords, safety levels in industry in general in the UK are very high. These days, we take rail ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for raising these issues. I take his point about the safety of t...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Randall for tabling the amendment on this very important t...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate, particularly the noble Ba...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 10. I remind noble Lords that Members...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

10: After Clause 58, insert the following new ...

My Lords, I find myself in the slightly unusual position of introducing an amendment that I did n...

My Lords, I will speak on both Amendments 10, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Mo...

My Lords, I have to say that I was thinking more of the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady J...

My Lords, as with the last amendment, when the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, spoke, I shall speak...

My Lords, I sincerely hope that the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, is right. I would hate to see aggr...

My Lords, I declare my interests as a landowner, as set out in the register. I am also directly a...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow on from the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, because he picked up on...

My Lords, I do not intend to detain the House for long. I congratulate my noble friend Lady Young...

My Lords, there are two amendments in this group, the first in the name of the noble Baroness, La...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate, which has been quite interes...

Would the Minister care to respond at this point? She will do so later.

We come to the group consisting of Amendment 12. I remind noble Lords that Members, other than th...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

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

“N...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to debate non-disclosure agreements again. I have tab...

My Lords, I very much support the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, in coming back on Report to the issu...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, I thought at one point that I would scratch mysel...

My Lords, I want to speak to the principle behind the amendment rather than its exact terminology...

My Lords, I too attended the Zoom session on this issue. I thank the Minister and those present f...

My Lords, I recognise that transparency is a key issue in relation to HS2. It enables oversight b...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate, particularl...

Moved by

Baroness Young of Old Scone

13: After Clause 58, insert the following new Cl...

We now come to Amendment 16. I remind noble Lords that Members other than the mover and the Minis...

Moved by

The Earl of Lytton

16: Schedule 23, page 188, line 16, at end insert—

...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 16, I will speak also to Amendment 17, both relating to party-wall ...

My Lords, I am pleased to be able to support the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, on these two amendments...

I understand that the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, has withdrawn, so we now turn to the noble Baroness...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, for his sterling efforts to help us poor lay men u...

My Lords, I have a lot of sympathy with the noble Earl, Lord Lytton. It seems that the 1996 Act c...

My Lords, as I know the noble Earl is already aware, the Government cannot accept either amendmen...

My Lords, first, I thank all noble Lords who participated in this short debate. In particular, I ...

The Hybrid Sitting of the House will now resume. I ask Members to respect social distancing.