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HANSARDHigh Speed 2I find it very interesting that the hon. Lady says that the Liberal Democrats are firmly behind HS2, because that is not what their candidate for Mid Bedfordshire said earlier…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2I thank my hon. Friend and other colleagues for the work that they did on the Select Committee. I will, of course, take that message back to Treasury colleagues.18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2I do not think the right hon. Lady is reflecting on what the Plaid-Labour Government are currently doing in Wales: costing taxpayers billions with their ridiculous…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2I thank my right hon. Friend for her question. Spades are already in the ground for HS2, as she well knows, and we are focusing on its delivery. There are already over 350 active…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2There is no question of this Government abandoning the north. We have put in huge amounts of funding, including on buses and new roads. I was in Preston a few weeks ago to open…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2I can certainly give my hon. Friend that assurance. There are thousands of people working on site at the moment, with more than 350 construction sites up and down the country, and…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2The House will remember the report by the IFS in May, when its director said that it was hard to see how the Labour party could bring forward any further policy without tax rises,…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2In response to the hon. Lady’s question, the Secretary of State is on urgent ministerial business with other Government Departments. At the Department for Transport, we were…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2I thank the Member for his question. As he will know, this Government have delivered more than 1,200 miles of electrification—over 20 times the amount delivered in the 13 years of…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2Before I begin, I would like to pay tribute to my hon. Friend and neighbour the Member for Bishop Auckland (Dehenna Davison) for her service in government, and to congratulate my…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2My hon. Friend is quite right; that is exactly what would happen in that scenario. I will pass on the point he makes to the Treasury.18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2Ministers will continue to keep the House updated regularly regarding HS2, as they have done to date. As we all know, the first stages are set to be completed by 2033, linking…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2I remember using Northern Rail under the last Labour Government, which had a zero investment strategy for the railway network in the entire north of England. This Government have…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2I just point out to the hon. Member that I think Welsh taxpayers will feel fleeced by the Welsh Labour Government, with the longest waiting lists in the country, no new road…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2My hon. Friend is a real champion for his constituents. I will certainly take the message back to HS2 Ltd and, if necessary, arrange a further meeting between him and the rail…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2I certainly will. I was delighted to be in East Anglia just last week at the opening of the new A11 road, where there has been £65 million of investment, and I have been delighted…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2I do not need to talk down the Welsh Labour Government; they do it themselves. They talk down Wales constantly. They have introduced 20 mph speed limits costing tens of millions…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2I am proud that this Government are unashamedly on the side of the taxpayer, checking the impact on the motorist, HGV drivers and bus passengers of every single policy that is put…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2No, I am not saying that.18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. I am sure that the Treasury, No. 10 and the Department will be listening to those wise words from somebody who served on the Select…18 Sept 2023