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HANSARD High Speed 2I beg to move, That this House has considered the business case for High Speed 2. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, in my first debate as a Back Bencher…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2The hon. Gentleman makes my point for me: the business case needs to be reassessed with accurate underlying factors taken into account. It is the case that the more productivity…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2My hon. Friend is absolutely right—we certainly need to invest in our rail infrastructure—but my question is whether HS2 is the right piece of infrastructure. The argument for the…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2I fear that I am very much aware of what the hon. Gentleman says, and I agree with him. Clearly, therefore, much of the capacity constraint on the west coast main line is…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I first sincerely congratulate my right hon. Friend on taking on the role of Leader of the House and say how lovely it is to be asking the questions rather than answering…04 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsMay I thank my right hon. Friend for giving me the opportunity, as Leader of the House of Commons, to chair an inter-ministerial group looking at giving every baby the best start…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI am delighted to see you in the Chair again, Madam Deputy Speaker, for my second speech in two days—my first contributions from the Back Benches since 2014—on another subject…19 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I had the great pleasure of going, with my hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford), to one of the first prototypes of the…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationI am delighted that my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller) and the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley (Jess Phillips) have secured this debate, and I am…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationMy right hon. Friend is exactly right. One thing that I found fascinating about the independent review was to see somebody with real experience, as Alison Stanley has, of…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationThe hon. Gentleman and I have had lots of conversations about this. We are in complete agreement, and I am quite sure that he and I would make a good fist of proposing a wholesale…18 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for raising that point, because of course this project is a parliamentary project; it is not a project for Government. Very specifically,…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have taken enormous steps, at great expense, to try to put in place some temporary fire doors to protect this place. But of course he…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI appreciate the hon. Lady’s contribution. She will understand that the House of Commons Commission looked very carefully at the options for a temporary decant, which could mean…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI have the greatest respect for the right hon. Gentleman, and I completely understand his point. He will appreciate that the Palace of Westminster is in the state it is in…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI hope the hon. Lady will appreciate that the purpose of the Bill is merely to establish a Sponsor Body and Delivery Authority, which will give the best value for money against a…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillThe hon. Gentleman raises a point that has been made at various points over the many decades that we have been discussing this work. He will appreciate that Parliament is the home…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy right hon. Friend makes an incredibly good point. In recognising the importance and the obligation of restoring the Palace of Westminster, we have to look at how the temporary…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI will make a bit of progress and then take some more interventions. Over the decades, there have been countless water leaks, floods, sewage leaks, and lighting and power outages,…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI hope I can assure the hon. Lady that the outline business case will be the project outline. The Estimates Commission will lay the annual estimates to the House for it to reject…21 May 2019