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HANSARDPublic Services: Developing CountriesGood public services need an effective civil service to supervise them. What discussions has the Minister had with the Cabinet Office and my noble Friend Lord Maude about the…17 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Billrose —15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillMy hon. Friend will know that the Government argue, as indeed does the Labour party, that the reason for HS2 is to relieve the congestion on the west coast main line. Is she aware…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillDoes my hon. Friend not find it extraordinary that the original proposal by Arup for HS2 was that it should travel parallel to the M40 on an existing transport corridor that would…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI think that if my hon. Friend, and she is my friend, had been in the Chamber earlier, she would have heard a number of interventions. May I invite her to check Hansard ? Perhaps…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I did speak to the Minister earlier and she suggested that I intervene only once Third Reading had begun and not during the earlier…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillThe position of Hopton is very similar to that of my own villages, and the problem is exacerbated by the fact that there does not seem to be any co-ordination within HS2 itself.…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillMr Deputy Speaker, you will know that I am not a controversial person. Far be it from me for one moment to cause any internecine warfare between my two great friends on the Back…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillDoes my hon. Friend share my concern that—I do not know whether this is because of HS2 or not—at present the Department for Transport has no plans for the replacement of the…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillMy hon. Friend is making complete sense. He mentioned Lord Adonis earlier. Is my hon. Friend aware that the original plan for HS2, designed by Arup, would have gone up the M40 and…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI just want to emphasise the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash). I understand the logic of what the hon. Lady says about peer review and so…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI totally agree with the hon. Lady: she is absolutely right about there being a need for a Crossrail in the north because the east-west communications are so bad, but I just want…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI am bemused by the hon. Gentleman’s talk of one or two amendments and tweaking. Does he not think it is more than a tweak when the railway line was originally proposed to use an…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her generosity in giving way. She quite rightly points out that this was a Labour initiative. Given the point she just made about trying to move…15 Jul 2019HANSARDUK-US Trade and Investment7. What recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US Administration on trade and investment between the UK and the US; and if he will make a statement.11 Jul 2019HANSARDUK-US Trade and InvestmentIs it not the case that, notwithstanding the little local difficulty—or even large local difficulty—in Washington DC at the moment, the underlying facts remain that the United…11 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe 5G testbed in the west midlands is working with the car industry in Coventry and with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Will my right hon. Friend commend the work of…10 Jul 2019HANSARDArmed Services: Optimal Size20. Is it not the case that recruitment is very dependent on the state of the economy? It is very difficult to recruit when there is high employment, so, in a way, do we not need…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to stress the enduring links between the United States Administration and ours, but can I pick him up on one small point? He said in…08 Jul 2019HANSARDInfrastructure Resilience9. Two years ago, there was no broadband at all in the Dysynni valley in Gwynedd, in the constituency of the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts). Now,…26 Jun 2019