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HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillThe Prime Minister has been very clear that nothing has been taken off the table. Imagine if the numbers came out as £100 billion to build it with benefits of only £50 billion.…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillThat may well be the case, but we are now talking about hypotheticals, so I suggest that we wait until the review has finished and look at its conclusions in the context of the…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillI suspect that I may already have that list, but I would be delighted to receive it again. My noble friend Lord Framlingham made what I think noble Lords will agree was an…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillThat the Bill now be read a second time.09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillMy Lords, HS2 is a major infrastructure programme that has had substantial parliamentary support from both Houses over its development to date. The Bill before your Lordships’…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillI would be delighted to meet the noble Baroness when diaries allow. My noble friend Lord Framlingham mentioned fraud. I would like to be clear that neither the Serious Fraud…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillI am unable to confirm that just at this moment, purely because I do not know, not because that decision has gone one way or the other. My apologies. Oakervee is looking at the…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillI would be happy to return to this issue outside the Chamber where perhaps we could have a better and more detailed conversation. I was also going to say that we should meet when…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillGoodness, okay. I offer my sincere apologies to the noble Baroness and perhaps Hansard will go back and scrap all of that. I shall carry on about the environmental statements,…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillI am not able to provide that certainty at this moment, but I will undertake to establish exactly what enabling works or felling will take place, whether that is of ancient…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillI thank the noble Baroness for her intervention. I suspect that we are not going to wholly agree on this matter, but if I can do anything at all to bring us closer together, I…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillI cannot do that with great precision. I believe that the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, mentioned that the original length of the review was six weeks. We should take that period in…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands– Crewe) BillThat if a bill in the same terms as those in which the High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill stood when it was brought to this House in this session is brought to this House…09 Sept 2019HANSARDMaritime SecurityI am not entirely sure on what evidence the noble Baroness suggests that £9 million is not sufficient. It is the case that as Brexit happens and we leave the European Union we…05 Sept 2019HANSARDMaritime SecurityMy Lords, Her Majesty’s Government are taking immediate steps to protect UK interests in our own and international waters by advancing a one-off payment of £9 million to the NMIC…05 Sept 2019HANSARDMaritime SecurityOur maritime assets, particularly our frigates, are under review. We are looking at how we may want to strengthen that in future if we can. However, in the Strait of Hormuz we…05 Sept 2019HANSARDMaritime SecurityI assure the noble Lord that the funding is currently for one year, but the department recognises the critical work that these two organisations do, and it will be pressing very…05 Sept 2019HANSARDMaritime SecurityIt is always a pleasure to receive a question from the noble Lord. Indeed, the man now in charge is in your Lordships’ House today. It was, of course, the current Government who…05 Sept 2019HANSARDMaritime SecurityThere is quite a lot in the noble Lord’s question and I will endeavour to cover as much of it as possible. I did not mean to gloss over it. The situation in the Strait of Hormuz…05 Sept 2019HANSARDHS2: CostAs I have already tried to explain, the costs are still under review and being finalised. I am certainly not able to give the assurance that my noble friend is after as to the…24 Jul 2019