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HANSARD HS2I assure the hon. Gentleman that, whatever happens, the northern economy and northern powerhouse rail is set to steam ahead.05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2Yes it will, and I ask my hon. Friend to meet Douglas Oakervee to make those points, because every element of this is being taken into account.05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2With huge respect to him, I curse Beeching every day in this job and I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman.05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2I do not think there is any direct ramification. We have just re-let the west coast partnership contract, so the answer to my hon. Friend is, none.05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2I can. I have met the Mayor of Manchester and Mayors across the north, and I am due to meet them again shortly. Those things absolutely will be taken into account.05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2The answer is that I do not know, but I like to think that £48 billion on improving and upgrading our existing networks is a good down payment.05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2As the hon. Gentleman will know, we are currently struggling with stages 1, 2a and 2b, but the overall plan was always to go further.05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2This is my first time at the Dispatch Box as Secretary of State for Transport and I welcome the opportunity to update the House on HS2. There is no future in obscuring the…05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2Yes, I think I can reassure the hon. Lady that, although the review is reporting very quickly—within weeks, as she says—the experience on the panel adds up to years. I have not…05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2I do not want to disappoint the hon. Lady, but I cannot give her a date on the initial phases, let alone on that extension. I do think there is a very good point here about…05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2Again, I think this comes into the wider picture. The £48 billion of rail investment over five years means that we should be able to do lots of different things at the same…05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2We must have full-fibre broadband in every household, and that is a commitment of this Government regardless. My right hon. Friend describes devastation to villages, and I agree…05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2There are enormous opportunities. If not on Monday, at the time I mentioned at the Dispatch Box earlier, then separately I am very happy to hook up the right hon. Gentleman, and…05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2That is very effective lobbying. My hon. Friend has already secured a great achievement with regards to the railway on his own Island. He proves that we can do both things…05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2I would extend that further to Sheffield, Hull, Newcastle and other cities in the north. We can do both things and we will do both things: both upgrading the national rail…05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2I do not know in what form this will or will not take place, but I do know that the jobs, skills and supply chain affect the entire nation. There is almost not a constituency in…05 Sept 2019HANSARDHS2The Prime Minister and I have been clear about the potential for transport investment to drive growth, redistribute opportunity and support towns and cities across the UK. But we…03 Sept 2019HANSARDDraft Mutual Recognition of Protection Measures in Civil Matters (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019On a point of clarification, I understand from what my hon. and learned Friend has said so far that, if we leave without a deal, through this statutory instrument we will ensure…06 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) regulations 2018Following on from the comments made by the hon. Member for Sefton Central, I wanted to clarify a simple point with my hon. Friend the Minister. From reading through the detail, it…10 Jan 2019