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HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillCould my hon. Friend give us some idea of what kind of information she thinks might be suppressed that we ought to know about? What is the inducement being offered to make people…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillWill the right hon. Lady give way?15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillHow would a review help, given that the right hon. Lady’s Front-Bench colleagues and the current Government are united behind the current scheme, which does nothing to help our…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillWill my hon. Friend give way?15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillPeople call this project an investment. Now, one aims to get a return on an investment. If we wanted a very modest 3% real on this £55 billion slug of capital, it should be…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillIf a Government had decided to offer all the northern councils involved their proportion of the original budget for HS2 as capital spend, to spend as they saw fit, does the hon.…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that there could be massive revenue losses once the railway is up and running, because if it turns out that the number of seats provided is greatly in…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillMy worry about the Labour new clauses is that they will not achieve the objective that Labour seems to think they will achieve. The truth is that, with the legislation already in…15 Jul 2019HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillI thank the hon. Lady for bringing these horrendous stories to the attention of the House; they are very powerful in making the case that we all want to make. I thank her for what…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillDoes this measure not try to address that very point? We are all extremely frustrated that a good law is not being properly enforced; this measure might help.10 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Pensions: TaxationIn west Berkshire and Wokingham, we desperately need to recruit and retain more doctors and other senior medical personnel. Will the Treasury look at the 60% tax rate that kicks…08 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsWill the Minister also confirm that it is now always worthwhile to go to work and that people are better off in work, contrary to what we have just heard?02 Jul 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillOf course, when the works need to move on to parts of the Palace that MPs use more often and more directly, alternative arrangements will need to be made. However, I do not think…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillThe project will also reveal part of our industrial history. When the building was first constructed, it drew on crafts and skills from across the country, and some of the…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillNew clause 1 seems to imply, in answer to a question I was asking earlier, that the Comptroller and Auditor General would have a duty to examine policy value for money with regard…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI do not think it does at all, because I have also pointed out that there are a lot of roofing works going on. The hon. Gentleman is using the parts of the building that are being…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillAgain, an additional complication is that this is a complete Victorian rebuild of an earlier building, which also reflects the Victorian view of the history that predated the…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillThese are very important considerations and I am glad my hon. Friend is raising them. One of the problems in dealing with a building that has 1,000 years of history on its site,…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillWill the Minister remind the House of the latest estimate of the total cost of the whole project and the timing of the payments—how many years?19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI entirely agree that where work has to be done, it should be spread around the country. Is the right hon. Gentleman envisaging that the audit should take into account the policy…19 Jun 2019