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HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI will be delighted to give way to my hon. Friend, as I referenced him earlier, but he was not in the Chamber.15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillMy right hon. Friend has raised the important issue of transparency and the need for data to be up to date. Members of Parliament who are working hard for their constituents need…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI completely understand my right hon. Friend’s frustration with the impact that the build is having on his constituency, but I am sure that he and his council would agree that…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI would uphold my hon. Friend’s concerns if they were valid. As I have said to her, HS2 Ltd has not entered into any non-disclosure agreements with HS2 staff, but when it is…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Billindicated assent. The House forthwith resolved itself into the Legislative Grand Committee (England) (Standing Order No. 83M(3)). [Dame Rosie Winterton in the Chair ]15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. In 2015, the Government decided to accelerate the construction of the section of High Speed 2 between the west midlands…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The NDAs that HS2 has are fundamentally to ensure that it can continue to work with businesses, communities and local authorities on issues that…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI want to put on the record my thanks to James for doing such fantastic work. My hon. Friend raised an important point. It should not be up to Members and their staff to…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillThe people I mentioned have all made it very clear that they do not think it is a waste of money. I can confirm for my hon. Friend and others that there is only one budget for…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillIt has been a pleasure to hear so many passionate speeches about the power of transport to transform the outcomes of our constituencies and our country. Even though there have…15 Jul 2019HANSARDClean Maritime PlanI am today announcing the publication of the clean maritime plan, the UK’s route map to clean growth for the maritime sector and pathway to zero-emission shipping. The UK has one…11 Jul 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill: EVELI am today placing in the Library of the House the Department’s analysis on the application of Standing Order 83L in respect of the amendments made in the Commons Select Committee…11 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom) on securing this important…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2We are given a tight deadline to respond to any Select Committee. We respond as much as we can to the deadlines provided. I will go on to address the business case.10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2My right hon. Friend is a huge source of knowledge on this issue, as he is a former Secretary of State for Transport. He is right that all of those arguments have always been…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2The business case has not moved from speed to capacity. People hooked on to the speed aspect in the early days, because it was seen as a shiny new train, but capacity, job…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2Indeed, because the full stretch of HS2 will go up to Scotland. One of our ambitions is to reduce the journey time from London to Scotland. That is why we are continuing to ensure…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2I know that NDAs are a particularly sore point for the Labour party right now, but we regularly engage with local authorities, sharing work at the early design stage with them,…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2As I mentioned, NDAs are used to deal with commercially sensitive or personal information. This is a large project involving a large chain of people and companies. We will put…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2I am sorry, I was not in the House in 1990 when that was reported; I am talking about 2026 and 2033, when we will connect faster trains to Scotland. I will now discuss some real…10 Jul 2019