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HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsIt is worth saying that 97% of HS2 companies are UK-registered. More than 2,000 businesses are involved in the delivery; as my hon. Friend knows, many are bidding for things like…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsIt is worth explaining to the House that the tunnels will bring HS2 into Manchester; it will not be on stilts coming in. I think that the hon. Gentleman is referring specifically…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsMy hon. Friend has been an incredible advocate for Toton and the surrounding area. Today is really a triumph for him, because not only will we ensure that we connect up the major…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsThe right hon. Lady would be right if it did not matter to her constituents, for example, to be able to travel to Manchester 30 minutes faster than they can at the moment— […18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsI suspect that my right hon. Friend will be making a very passionate case! I know that my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry the Rail Minister, is working on the business case.…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsIt is absolutely right that HS2 has had a big impact on a lot of communities, or it does as it is built, and there are different advantages in different places for Members and…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsI should point out that China does not have the same health and safety approach as us. It has a slightly different view of how many people it is acceptable to kill per mile of…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsOn the environmental advantages, it will interest the House to know that HS2 is being built in as an environmentally friendly a way as possible. Section 2B west is intended to be…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsListening to the hon. Lady, one would think I had just come to the Dispatch Box to announce that Newcastle will have a longer journey time to London. The answer is exactly the…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsI think I can reassure the right hon. Gentleman. One of the purposes of Northern Powerhouse Rail, which we are delivering, is to slash journey times, for example from Leeds to…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I missed that out in my foreword and I apologise—Cleethorpes should certainly get a mention. I am working with the Minister of State, my hon.…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsLet me make sure that my hon. Friend understands and appreciates the full relevance of today: a 12-minute journey from Bradford to Leeds, which is nearly half the current journey…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsAs the hon. Member knows, the Treasury is going to Darlington and the DFT has actually gone to Leeds and Birmingham. We already have 70 staff up at our Leeds office, and they will…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsI thought that the hon. Lady was going to ask about how the plan benefits Richmond specifically—I suppose it does for those who want to travel to anywhere in the midlands or…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsNo. With the greatest respect, I do not accept that narrative for several reasons. First, that was Transport for the North’s suggestion—and actually it was to be a 29-minute…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsIt might have been lost in translation, but Liverpool to York is a core part of the NPR programme. As I have said before, it will be electrified and have some high-speed lines,…18 Nov 2021HANSARDTransportIn the Budget, we announced another £620 million for that transition to zero-emission vehicles and £180 million for sustainable aviation fuel. The plan that Labour is…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTransportThe plan that Labour is proposing—and I notice that the GMB union that supports Labour is opposing the plan —is to stop people from flying, or to allow them to go on holiday only…16 Nov 2021HANSARDInternational Travel UpdateThis statement provides an update on international travel. From 4 am on Monday 22 November, the Government will recognise vaccines on the World Health Organisation’s emergency use…09 Nov 2021HANSARDLorry ParkingI wish to update the House on the joint initiative between the Department for Transport and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on planning reforms for lorry…08 Nov 2021