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HANSARDHS2: CostThe noble Lord is correct that a number of people who have left have signed settlements with HS2; these are settlements in the normal course of business, on people taking…24 Jul 2019HANSARDHS2: CostMy Lords, the new chairman of HS2 has been in place for just over six months. He is undertaking a review of the costs and providing ongoing advice to government. This advice is…24 Jul 2019HANSARDHS2: CostThe noble Lord makes a very important point—many of our infrastructure projects have suffered from this in recent years, under not just this Government but previous Governments.…24 Jul 2019HANSARDHS2: CostMy Lords, we do not comment on speculation. However, we will publish an updated business case by the end of 2019 based on the latest assessment of costs and schedule. We are clear…24 Jul 2019HANSARDHS2: CostWork continues on HS2 and that £9 million was part of that work. To date, HS2 has spent £7.4 billion. The review I referred to was done by the current chairman of HS2; it may be…24 Jul 2019HANSARDHS2: CostMy Lords, HS2 has benefits of £92 billion overall; it would be a mistake to scrap it. Also, if that money were suddenly to become available, it would not necessarily be…24 Jul 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyThe Government do not agree that the case has comprehensively been made. However, as I have already stated, we will be conducting research into this area and will consider the…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyMy Lords, there is no robust academic evidence to indicate that the setting of targets would contribute to progress in road casualty reduction. As announced in the road safety…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyThe noble Baroness will be aware that Scotland recently reduced the limits for drink-driving and a review by the University of Glasgow showed that there was no evidence that…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyI am very interested in what my noble friend has to say and if she has any more information on certain cases I would be happy to look at it. I know that the DVLA looks at its…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyMatters relating to road safety are substantially devolved. However, I have some statistics here that the noble Lord might be interested in. The number of fatalities in the UK per…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyWe are looking at all the things we might potentially include in the graduated learner scheme. At the moment, we are leaning towards minimum learning periods and elements such as…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyI thank the noble Lord for that question. Indeed, it was my pleasure to visit the AAIB last Friday and it truly is a world leader in air accident investigation. Turning to road…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyMy noble friend has mentioned two of our key user groups for the road safety statement, the first being young road users. We will look at and research both a graduated learner…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyThe Government are not minded to do that at the current time. We believe that the current system is working well. There have been improvements in road safety. The UK is the second…23 Jul 2019HANSARDEgypt: Suspension of FlightsI am reluctant to go into great detail about security matters but I can assure the noble Lord that the Government remain in close contact with all UK airlines about security…22 Jul 2019HANSARDEgypt: Suspension of FlightsMy Lords, the decision by British Airways to suspend flights to Cairo for seven days is an operational matter for the airline concerned. The airline has stated that this is a…22 Jul 2019HANSARDEgypt: Suspension of FlightsThis is an operational matter for BA. It has taken the measures it has as a precaution, and it is up to it to decide how it operates. I am happy to confirm to the noble Baroness…22 Jul 2019HANSARDEgypt: Suspension of FlightsIn 2018, 415,000 people visited Egypt and the vast majority of those visits were absolutely trouble-free. The Government keep all travel advice on their website up to date and as…22 Jul 2019HANSARDEgypt: Suspension of FlightsI thank my noble friend for his observation; I know that he speaks with great experience. It is entirely reasonable for individual airlines to make appropriate operational…22 Jul 2019