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HANSARDPublicly Funded Infrastructure ProjectsMy Lords, I have not made any secret of my support for this great project. For me as a former railwayman and as a resident of the city of Birmingham, it is not just an ethereal…02 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I join noble Lords on both sides of the Chamber in welcoming the Bill and I congratulate the Minister on the comprehensive way in which he introduced it. I have been a…25 Jun 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I am sure that everything the Minister said about Mr Nick Timothy is correct. Does he agree, though, that although I am not a native Brummie, I have a great love of the city too,…25 Jun 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]One of the reasons I do not get old Etonians, of course, is that I do not share their sense of humour.25 Jun 2019HANSARDHeritage Rail: Young PeopleMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Grocott. Like him, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Faulkner on securing this debate and on the work he has done in…05 Jun 2019HANSARDHeritage Rail: Young PeopleWell, all right, just this once I will be led astray. One of the signal boxes in which I used to work, just outside Stockport, is still there—I will not go into the details of…05 Jun 2019HANSARDRailways (Interoperability) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I endorse everything my noble friend said. This SI represents a significant change, not just in our relationship with Europe, but as far as our industrial potential is…21 Mar 2019HANSARDRailway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, having left the station before the right of way signal, perhaps I can start again and apologise to the House for—mixing my metaphors—jumping the gun. On this occasion, I…21 Mar 2019HANSARDRailways (Interoperability) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I hate to interrupt my noble friend in full flow, but may I point out to him that that plant in Durham is not a manufacturing plant, it is an assembly plant? That is the great…21 Mar 2019HANSARDRailway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the House will be grateful to my noble friend for tabling this Motion to Regret—21 Mar 2019HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]The noble Lord is being too modest. After all, he owns a large chunk of Scotland, so who better to represent it?15 Mar 2019HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]I appeal to the noble Lord not to try to rewrite history in the way that he is doing. Does he not recollect that the deal in 1999 to which he refers was done in such an underhand…15 Mar 2019HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]Far from it being a noble quest back in 1999, those of us who were in the other place at the time seem to recollect that it was a rather squalid agreement to preserve the neck of…15 Mar 2019HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]If I may say so, none of them Members of this House, despite what the noble Lord, Lord Colgrain, said earlier.15 Mar 2019HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]My Lords, I did not intend to speak on this group of amendments but I was provoked to do so by the intervention from the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde. He was around in 1999;…15 Mar 2019HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, said earlier that he was just like everyone else: a hereditary Peer, and one could not tell the difference between the two. Did he think that…15 Mar 2019HANSARDRailways: DawlishMy Lords, does the Minister agree that it is not just the track that has been a problem, but the trains? Does she agree that the wretched Voyager trains used on this stretch of…06 Feb 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) BillMy Lords, before the Minister responds, and without wishing to send my noble friend to the salt mines or anywhere else, could she offer some reassurance to those of us who have…29 Jan 2019HANSARDTransport: Freight ServicesMy Lords, could the Minister give us her opinion on the purpose of organisations such as Transport for the North if major strategic decisions affecting that part of the United…07 Jan 2019