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HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2I am not entirely certain exactly what the hon. Lady’s question was, but we have set out the plan very carefully. We are going to deliver the first phase of HS2 from Euston to…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2One thing that we will do, as we work through the consequences of the decision, is set out the details exactly. I will not do so now because there are important legal consequences…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2I would be very pleased for the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, my hon. Friend the Member for North West Durham (Mr Holden), to meet my hon. Friend and colleagues. Yes,…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2The rail Minister has listened to my hon. Friend very carefully, and I will ensure that he meets her to discuss that specific proposal.16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2It is extra money going to the region, capital funding over the next phase of that capital budget. It is over the second phase of the city region sustainable transport settlements…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2Given my hon. Friend’s constituency interest, I completely understand why he takes the view that he does. He is a doughty champion for his constituents, and never loses an…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2I do not think the hon. Gentleman listened to what I said or read what we said in the document. We are going to reinvest every single penny that we are saving from cancelling…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2With permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a statement on how this Government are improving the journeys that matter most to the British public. Our path to net zero…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2My hon. Friend makes two good points, one of which is that the Leader of the Opposition has always campaigned against HS2. [ Interruption. ] If we look at the parliamentary…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2I do not agree with the hon. Lady’s characterisation of our view on public transport. First, we have already put in a significant amount of extra money this year and, from the…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2First of all, scrutiny of my Department’s spending will be carried out by the Transport Committee. The Chair, my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes South, is no longer in…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2I disagree with the hon. Gentleman. First, the high-speed trains were not going to get to Manchester until 2041 anyway. Secondly, as the facts have changed, it has become clear…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2On that specific point, one of the things we have done, because we are going to continue delivering phase 1 of HS2 from London Euston to Birmingham, is to make sure that we focus…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2I am grateful for the campaigning work my hon. Friend has done on pushing for that scheme. It was very clear from the work that he and other colleagues have done that it was a…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question and, as always, I look forward to appearing before the Transport Committee to answer his questions and those of his colleagues,…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2It is very important, when projects are promised, that we have the funds to pay for them, and it is by cancelling the second phase of HS2 that we are able to fund that important…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2I would be pleased to meet my hon. Friend and colleagues, and I can confirm the money that we have put aside. I have already discussed the plans with Network Rail, which is…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2No, not at all. Having no regard for taxpayers’ money would be deciding that a project was going to cost too much and deliver too little in benefits, and then continuing to spend…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2It is ultimately for local authorities to make decisions. They are accountable, and it is for them to make decisions about how they choose to spend the taxpayers’ money for which…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2The hon. Gentleman demonstrates in the close of his question the Scottish National party’s obsession with crowbarring independence into every question about everything, thus he…16 Oct 2023