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HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillSadly, I have to agree that what my hon. Friend says is sometimes the case, but I would hope that with the Minister’s intervention—she has been kind to intervene in a number of…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillWe started off with a figure of about £35 billion or £36 billion. The latest figure is somewhere around £55 billion. My hon. Friend and I have seen credible estimates upwards of…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI am most grateful to my hon. Friend. My office has been in touch with the gentleman in question for many years and we are also in touch with the NFU. I agree that there are many…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, but sadly we have had to get involved in almost every case, and some cases have taken far too long to resolve partly because of the lack of…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillAs so often, my right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and what has also not been forthcoming is a proper business case. We have had the business case for HS2, but we have not…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI am generally very supportive of additional high-speed capacity between London, the north-east, the north-west and Scotland, but I have consistently opposed HS2 and the plans for…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillYes, I do. I think the Pendolino fleet, introduced by a previous Labour Government, has done a great job, and I am therefore very disappointed that Virgin Trains and Stagecoach…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI am most grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. I did in fact refer to junction 15, which is also known as the Hanchurch junction. It is actually a series of junctions…15 Jul 2019HANSARDUniversal Health CoverageDoes my hon. Friend agree that DFID’s small charities fund is an excellent innovation? In fact, we should see far more resources from DFID channelled through that to support all…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Drone Users: RegistrationI am very glad that my hon. Friend has raised this matter. In 2017, I led a debate in this place on drones and airprox incidents with drones, which had risen from three in 2015 to…10 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Pensions: TaxationIn addition to the important points made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) and my hon. Friend the Member for South Thanet (Craig Mackinlay), would it…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Higher Technical Education ReformThis morning, I was at General Electric’s transformer factory in Stafford. It is the only manufacturer of large-scale transformers in the UK, and clearly higher technical…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Precious Metal MarketsIt is a pleasure and an honour to speak about this subject. In fact, my good friend the Minister may be a bit surprised that I wish to speak about it, because I think that he…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Precious Metal MarketsThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point, and that is what I want to talk about: trust in the markets—and I am asking questions, not giving answers, because I do not have them. We…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Precious Metal MarketsIs my hon. Friend able to confirm whether there has been any indication, not necessarily just in precious metal markets, of this nefarious practice of spoofing within markets in…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Precious Metal MarketsOne point that I should have mentioned but did not is that precious metals, probably with the exception of gold, have many other uses—silver in antimicrobial products and platinum…08 Jul 2019HANSARDBeing Part of the UK: Benefits14. What assessment she has made of the benefits to Northern Ireland of being part of the UK.03 Jul 2019HANSARDBeing Part of the UK: BenefitsOne of the successes of the United Kingdom is in attracting foreign direct investment. Could the Secretary of State update the House on recent FDI to Northern Ireland, and the…03 Jul 2019HANSARDG20 and Leadership of EU InstitutionsAs chair of the all-party group on malaria and neglected tropical diseases, I thank the Prime Minister for the announcement on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and…03 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe decision by the European Union to suspend the equivalence agreement with Switzerland seems to be very damaging. My right hon. Friend the Chancellor has done a fantastic job…02 Jul 2019