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HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetWe are looking to publish the enhancements pipeline in the months to come. It will detail the future projects off HS2, which will include bids from projects in Wales and in…14 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetHow could I resist that kind and welcome invitation? When the hon. Gentleman is 71, he will be able to access a train from Old Oak Common to Birmingham. At the interchange…14 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetI can. My hon. Friend is absolutely right that there are great benefits for those around the city of Nottingham and around Derby with regard to the journey time to Birmingham, and…14 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetI think I have already made clear, in answer to an earlier question, that the decision that the first HS2 trains would run from Old Oak Common to Birmingham was made following the…14 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetWe have been giving plenty of funds to TfL in recent years. All I can say to the hon. Lady is that she will be very proud that her constituency has the best-connected and largest…14 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetA statement was issued on Thursday. The urgent question relates to HS2, and I have given the commitments in respect of how that will be delivered. As I said earlier, the…14 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetLet me reiterate the funding model relating to Network Rail and the way in which we have managed our railways. The funding for England and Wales is provided by the Department for…14 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetI recognise that there are differences of opinion. Let me clarify my earlier reference to the Liberal Democrats: I meant that I resent seeing what is said in party by-election…14 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetI think I got the gist, Madam Deputy Speaker. The reality is that the control period will see more than £40 billion spent on renewals across England and Wales, but, as I said…14 Mar 2023HANSARD Major Transport Infrastructure ConstructionI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham (Greg Smith) for securing this debate, and I welcome the contribution from my hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Rob…03 Mar 2023HANSARDRailways Funding and HS2Good morning, Mr Speaker. The HS2 construction period extends beyond the horizon of the five-year funding cycles for Network Rail. When it comes to the existing railway, £44…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRailways Funding and HS2I very much enjoyed the meeting I had with the hon. Member and Professor Mark Barry in January. In regard to the point he makes about HS2, the UK Department for Transport is…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRailways Funding and HS2The hon. Member makes the point and it is important that we link those projects together so that the full benefits of HS2 drive the enhancements we make to the existing railway,…02 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Preventing FraudThe Department requires HS2 Ltd to adopt and implement policies and practices to guard against fraud. HS2 Ltd has an experienced counter-fraud team to protect taxpayer funds…02 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Preventing FraudI have every sympathy with the constituents of my right hon. Friend and others on the line of route. There is disruption, but we seek to minimise and mitigate it. I am aware of…02 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Preventing FraudThere is great oversight of the figures. It relates to the question asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea Leadsom). A report is put out…02 Mar 2023HANSARDSoutheastern RailwaySoutheastern’s new timetable was designed to improve resilience. The operator faced some initial challenges introducing the new timetable, so established a joint taskforce with…02 Mar 2023HANSARDSoutheastern RailwayThe hon. Member will be receiving another letter from me this morning, because I have always said that I would listen, as did the Secretary of State, and that we would try to make…02 Mar 2023HANSARDSoutheastern RailwayOf course, I am very sorry about that issue. As my hon. Friend points out, there was a points failure, which caused issues in terms of crowd controls at London Bridge. I have…02 Mar 2023HANSARDSoutheastern RailwayThat is patently not the case, because during that debate I made it quite clear that consultations would be better than they had been. I also made it quite clear that I would…02 Mar 2023