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HANSARDRail Investment in the North: Levelling UpThe hon. Gentleman will know that I know Bradford well, as I represent a constituency just down the road, on the sunny side of the hills. The Government are committed to…04 Nov 2021HANSARDEast Birmingham Tram LineThe Minister responsible for trams, my hon. Friend Baroness Vere, would be happy to meet the right hon. Gentleman to discuss that and other local priorities. He will be aware that…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2I thank the hon. Gentleman for bringing me to that point. [ Interruption. ] I have a nosebleed; I will try to power through, but I apologise for any sniffing, Sir Edward.26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank the hon. Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies) and right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions.…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2It is fine. The Network Rail regulatory financial statements and expenditure breakdowns show that Wales received around 4% of all Network Rail spending in 2011-12 to 2015-16, and…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2I thank the right hon. Lady for her point. The UK Government work collaboratively with the Welsh Government on putting forward business cases. As she will be aware, we do not…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2On this point we are going to have to agree to some extent to disagree. Through the Union connectivity review, the Government are demonstrating their real desire to invest more.…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2The hon. Gentleman tempts me to go on to matters that may be covered in the spending review or the Budget on convergence funding and other issues. I do not wish to tempt fate by…26 Oct 2021HANSARDPlanning UpdateI have been asked by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State to make this written ministerial statement. This statement confirms that it has been necessary to extend the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDHS2 6 Monthly Report to ParliamentReview of High Speed 2 (HS2) including programme update, local community impact and engagement, environment and benefits. I am proud to report significant progress on High Speed 2…20 Oct 2021HANSARD HS2My hon. Friends the Members for Warrington South (Andy Carter) and for Leigh (James Grundy) continue to push me on the Golborne spur. That is one of the many decisions that will…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2I thank my hon. Friend for that point. I will talk about the benefit-cost ratio if I get there in time. The last benefit-cost ratio for the scheme was of course published when the…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2I agree with my hon. Friend. I have about two minutes left, so I will say that HS2 is going full steam ahead. It is a railway of which we hope the country can be proud for many…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2I thank the right hon. Lady for her point. Of course, the Government are looking at this in a cross-Government way. We are looking at changing working patterns, which have impacts…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2One last time.13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2I thank the hon. Gentleman for that point, and I am happy to meet him to discuss this issue. After doing the land and property review shortly after I became a Minister, I looked…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I thank the hon. Member for Coventry North West (Taiwo Owatemi) for opening this debate, and right hon. and…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2I am happy to commit to that.13 Sept 2021HANSARDHS2 and East West Rail: Construction TrafficAssessments of the impact of HS2 construction traffic on roads were included within the environmental assessments submitted during the passage of the High Speed Rail (London–West…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHigh-speed Rail: Hull to LiverpoolOptions for routes into Hull are being considered as part of the integrated rail plan, which will be published soon.09 Sept 2021