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HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]If the noble Lord will bear with me, that drone would probably be confiscated by a constable for a different reason. In our opinion, the amendment on forfeiture would also provide…12 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureI will certainly take that point back to the department. The parts of the track that the noble Lord mentions will all be part of the integrated plan for rail for the north, which…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureI absolutely understand the noble Lord’s desire to get improved connectivity to Sheffield. Indeed, we want improved connectivity between all the major cities in the north, which…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureMy Lords, Members across the Government would very much like to speed this up, but a process needs to be gone through and this is a highly technical line. The noble Lord is quite…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureI thank my noble friend for his local question about Lincoln. I do not have statistics to hand about our roads investment in Lincoln. I am fairly sure there will be something, and…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureMy Lords, the third runway at Heathrow is a private development. If it falls within the criteria of the airports national policy statement, it will go ahead.11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureThe noble Lord is a doughty campaigner on this matter. We have heard his message and, as he knows, we are working on it.11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureThe right reverend Prelate refers to an issue that is raised fairly frequently. I think that we can all agree that phase 1 will go ahead straightaway because enabling works have…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureI hope to be able to put the record straight. I do not propose that there will be changes to the management of HS2; rather, changes will be made to its governance. As I explained…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureYes, the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, will be well aware that we are due a final business case, which will set out the benefits and costs for the phase. The notice to proceed will…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureThe noble Lord is right and we intend that the work on the integrated plan for rail should include the Midlands and the north. Of course, the department is engaging with Midlands…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in the other place by my right honourable friend the Prime Minister. The Statement is as follows: “With…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureI thank my noble friend for raising that issue. It is of course critical that where tracks already go into major towns or cities—some might be Beeching line closures—the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport Infrastructure—in tree-dappled sunlight on their own network of fully segregated cycle lanes, as we did in London. This Government will deliver a new anatomy of British transport—a revolution…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureMy Lords, I have four minutes to answer as many of those questions as possible.11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureI thank my noble friend for his question, which was not a plant. Last Friday I went on HS1 and had the honour of being in the cab. It was amazing, although they did not let me…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureWith the leave of the House, I will certainly do that to answer the questions as fully as I can at this stage. I was slightly disappointed that the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe,…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureThe Minister does not agree. I take it that the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, is not a fan of the Prime Minister, but the sort of words she uses are somewhat inappropriate. On the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureI thank my noble friend for that question. One of my first visits, when I was Aviation Minister, was to Birmingham Airport and that is precisely what they said to me: once HS2 is…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureThe noble Baroness will be well aware that we had an extensive debate on HS2, its speed and all the various elements. These issues have been well debated and the Government agree…11 Feb 2020