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HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Revivalindicated assent .02 Mar 2020HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: RevivalNo. My hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Mullan) talked eloquently about the benefits to his constituency, and it was great to visit his patch last week. My hon.…02 Mar 2020HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: RevivalI thank my hon. Friend for that point. He will be aware that we have officially launched our £500 million Beeching reversal fund and details about additional funding will of…02 Mar 2020HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: RevivalI should like to reply to as many of the issues raised today as I can while discussing the motion. First, I am grateful to all right hon. and hon. Members who have taken part in…02 Mar 2020HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: RevivalI note my hon. Friend’s concern. My direct reference to “Erskine May” would, I hope, have put his mind to rest as to why we are using this procedure in this rather unique…02 Mar 2020HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: RevivalThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Once again, I am tempted to talk about a very laudable proposal from my right hon. Friend. I know that the Minister of State, my hon. Friend the…02 Mar 2020HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: RevivalI beg to move, That if a Bill is presented to this House in this session in the same terms as those in which the High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill stood at the last…02 Mar 2020HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: RevivalThank you for that guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker. I can, however, assure my hon. Friend, who is a doughty champion of the Brigg and Goole constituency, that 98% of businesses…02 Mar 2020HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: RevivalI appreciate that my right hon. Friend has been a long-term opponent of the scheme, but I would say that the motion before the House tonight is very limited. There will be many…02 Mar 2020HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: RevivalI am sorry, but we are perilously close to running out of time. My hon. Friend the Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown) spoke eloquently in support of the motion.…02 Mar 2020HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: RevivalYes.02 Mar 2020HANSARDUK Nationals: Consular SupportThere is currently no legal right to consular assistance. Domestic law would not improve the outcomes for our most complex cases. Even if there was a right to assistance, the…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Climate JusticeWe have to get to net zero as soon as possible, but we have to do so in a balanced and proportionate way. To give an example, the oil and gas sector contribution to the Scottish…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Climate JusticeI agree: we need to go further and faster. Today’s announcement is encouraging. As a former Minister for the automotive sector, I remember working on the “Road to Zero” policy…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Climate JusticeThe hon. Lady and I take a different approach. The Government believe that it is important to protect jobs and the economy. We can still grow the economy, but we can do it in a…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Climate JusticeI can predict what the hon. Lady was going to say, and I am sure she can predict my answer.04 Feb 2020HANSARD Climate JusticeI am grateful to the hon. Member for Nottingham East (Nadia Whittome) for securing this important debate on climate justice. I am also grateful for the contributions from my hon.…04 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my right hon. Friend knows, we take freedom of religion and belief extremely seriously, and the Prime Minister’s envoy, my hon. Friend the Member for Gillingham and Rainham…04 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe take allegations of torture and mistreatment very seriously and we raise them with the Indian authorities. I know that the hon. Gentleman recently met Lord Ahmad on 23 October…04 Feb 2020HANSARDGambia: Arrests of ProtestorsI thank the hon. Lady for her question. We are concerned that the political protests on 26 January turned violent. We are monitoring the investigations into that incident closely…04 Feb 2020