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“I thank the Secretary of State for being honest with the House and for grasping the nub of the problem. We should not need the publication of the Lovegrove report or today’s statement to know that the cost and timetable overruns on HS2 started long before, because the previous Government wanted spades in the ground bef…”

“The hon. Member is absolutely right. I am well aware of the concerns of drivers up and down the country, which are not about the improved licensing that the Government are talking about, which they welcome, but about some of those other threats, such as the processes that Uber is using at the moment and the impact of a…”

“I very much welcome the work that the Minister for Roads has done on the proposed changes. I welcome the commitment to replace a patchwork of outdated rules with a single consistent framework, which will go a long way to addressing the out-of-area operations and problems that the hon. Member for Birmingham Perry Barr (…”

“As a fellow Committee Chair, does my hon. Friend agree that the Government could reconsider their relationship with Select Committees and provide more opportunities for pre-legislative scrutiny by Committees, which play such an important role in addressing legislation prior to it coming to its formal stages in this Hou…”

“As Chair of the Transport Committee, my remarks on the Gracious Speech will focus mainly on transport; if there is time, I plan to touch on some of the other areas where the Government’s proposed legislation will benefit many of my constituents directly. This debate is entitled “Backing business to create economic grow…”

“Thank you very much for inviting me. We have been covering the four phases, and I just wanted to ask a question about the elephant in the room, phase 5, which is HS2 north of Birmingham to join up with the rail network covered by Northern Powerhouse Rail. By the time one gets to phase 3 or even phase 4, the west coast …”

“Okay. We have Mark Wild, the chief executive of HS2, coming to our Committee next month—I hope you will be a guest, Sir Geoffrey—so we will drill down more into that. What is the interconnection between NPR, GBR and HS2?”

“Okay. We have to hope that skillset and those people are still available to stand up again. What gives you confidence in HS2 Ltd not just to develop the costs and schedule to stand up the design, as I said, but to be responsible for a whole new project or series of projects?”

“And a west London MP, which is why this is relevant.”

“So it is at the point of moving towards operational use that GBR will then take on—”

“I have two yes or no questions. Is a passenger growth target going to be built into this strategy, and will integrated transport be hardwired into the strategy?”

“Nick, when are you going to make key delivery decisions about who will deliver the rail elements? What role will Great British Railways play?”

“I could have seen the sense of taking on the HS2 design team, but presumably that was stood down when phase 2 of HS2 was cancelled, so is it going to be that easy to stand them up again?”

“Is the Department for Transport confident in the work it is currently doing, such as saying no to new open access applications? Is it confident that the existing west coast main line can cope until the 2040s without another line—it is good not to be London-centric—from Manchester to north of Birmingham?”

“Does the Foreign Secretary agree that a full ban on all forms of trade and economic activity with those illegal settlements it long overdue, so that UK businesses, the public sector and charities are prevented from having any dealings with them?”

“3. What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help prevent the expansion of illegal settlements in the west bank.”

“I really welcome the statement from the Minister, along with the changes and improvements that the Government are making to the scheme, but for many people infected by HIV in the 1980s, fear, stigma and poor health meant that the role of parents, as in the case of my constituents, did not meaningfully change after thei…”

“My hon. Friend is entirely right. She is a passionate advocate—not just in transport, but across the piece—on the needs and rights of disabled people. To a large extent, this issue in transport is a subset of the societal challenge that she rightly raises. The barriers that I have described prevent access to employment…”

“The right hon. Gentleman makes a very good point, and that is a good example of a systemic policy issue that could well be addressed. Enforcement currently relies on individual passengers pursuing complaints or court cases, which is unrealistic, expensive and often ineffective. Many people do not know who to complain t…”

“For HGV drivers, the ability to stop and rest is essential to our road safety, yet HGV drivers and freight sector representatives recently told my Committee that the long-known critical shortage of HGV parking spaces continues. The Government do not need another survey, so when can we expect a diagnosis of the causes o…”