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HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention; it is nice to have a colleague from Berkshire Labour intervening on me. The Government need to be responsible with these very large…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and particularly for pointing out the importance of the supply chain. I will add that the value of apprenticeships, degree…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. The new clauses proposes that the Secretary of State must…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)Thank you for your advice, Mr Davies. If I may, I will finish reading the new clause, but I will not read out the subsequent new clauses to the Committee, for the sake of brevity.…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for giving such a detailed reply and for the work on the bird diverters, which is a step forward. I appreciate that some work has been done on this…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Opposition Members believe that there has been a serious modal shift in how we use freight in developments. We continually…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for highlighting that commitment on the sourcing of aggregates. That is a helpful step forward, given the significant volumes of aggregates that are…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Ipswich (Sandy Martin) and for East Lothian (Martin Whitfield), who attended the…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)I appreciate the Minister coming back on this issue. However, yet again the scale of ambition is very limited, and there is arguably far too little mitigation. A cycle path along…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Having listened to the concerns of the public, Labour proposes new clause 4. It was evident at the petitions stage of the…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)I thank the Minister for her response, and for mentioning the legal principles of the compensation scheme. As she said, however, the Government’s response is still a work in…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause follows an inquiry at the petitions stage of the Bill that there was no remit to consider at that stage. Hon.…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)I appreciate the Minister’s response. We will not press the new clause to a vote, so I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 6 Quarterly…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. There is clear concern about the cost of the HS2 programme, as has been discussed in Committee and elsewhere. Clause 61 shows…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)It is interesting to listen to a Minister trying to justify providing a lack of information to Parliament. For a programme of this scale—it is utterly huge and encompasses not…25 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial HousingI would like to thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate, along with my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Dr Drew). I agree with him wholeheartedly about the need for a…13 Jun 2019HANSARDCyclingAs we have heard, this week is Bike Week, yet the Government’s own statistics show that they are failing to increase cycling. Research shows many people are too scared to ride a…13 Jun 2019HANSARD Inequality and Social MobilityWill my hon. Friend give way?12 Jun 2019HANSARD Inequality and Social MobilityDoes my hon. Friend agree that, at a time of widening inequality and huge gaps between those who have advantages in life and those who do not, it is deeply and utterly…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Murders in Northamptonshire: Serious Case ReviewsThis is a deeply harrowing case and I appreciate the Minister’s focus on leadership; he is absolutely right about that. I hope that he can also see the connection between…10 Jun 2019