Zero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2

Oh dear. I do not know whether the hon. Lady noticed, but this is the first day that the House ha...

I call the Chair of the Transport Committee.

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his statement. My Committee colleagues and I will wan...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question and, as always, I look forward to appearing befo...

Dear me! I almost feel sorry for the Secretary of State. All the promises about greener, faster a...

The hon. Gentleman demonstrates in the close of his question the Scottish National party’s obsess...

As a Yorkshire Member of Parliament, I have always championed HS2, Northern Powerhouse Rail and t...

My hon. Friend makes two good points, one of which is that the Leader of the Opposition has alway...

Is it not the case that rather than levelling up the north, this is slowing down the north? I wil...

I do not think the hon. Gentleman listened to what I said or read what we said in the document. W...

After I have spent years arguing that HS2 was wasteful and too destructive and that we could not ...

Given my hon. Friend’s constituency interest, I completely understand why he takes the view that ...

The Secretary of State did not make any specific reference to his comments at Conservative party ...

I actually can. If the hon. Gentleman goes to the website of Oxfordshire County Council, he will ...

I am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s statement. Phase 2b to Leeds was cancelled earlier in th...

To help my right hon. Friend, phase 2a safeguarding will be formally lifted within weeks. Phase 2...

What consideration has the Secretary of State given to allowing Parliament to scrutinise the prop...

First of all, scrutiny of my Department’s spending will be carried out by the Transport Committee...

The Secretary of State will know that in 2025, it is the 200th anniversary of the world’s first p...

My right hon. Friend raises two separate points. One is about the reasons why there have been cos...

The Government claimed that the decision to scrap most of HS2 was made due to rising costs, yet w...

No, not at all. Having no regard for taxpayers’ money would be deciding that a project was going ...

Many councils apply for grants in order to make changes to their local roads. When considering th...

My right hon. Friend makes a very good point about what we should prioritise when funding roads. ...

The Secretary of State says that his party is not anti-motorist, but it is clearly anti-public tr...

I do not agree with the hon. Lady’s characterisation of our view on public transport. First, we h...

My right hon. Friend has just mentioned Ely junction, and he will know that the great eastern mai...

The Ely junction scheme, which I know my right hon. Friend and others welcome, is a well worked t...

I saw the Secretary of State’s Network North map on Twitter, featuring those legendary northern t...

Just to be clear, of the money that we are saving as a result of cancelling the second phase of H...

The allocation of funding to the north-east has the potential to have a major positive local impa...

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. The reopening of the Leamside line is a Tr...

On Wednesday, Hull and Humber chamber of commerce, Humber local authority leaders and MPs are goi...

I am not going to pluck dates out of the air. It is worth saying that phase 2 of HS2 was not goin...

I very much support this decision on HS2, given that the cost was totally out of control, the ben...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has demonstrated through his question and that list of value...

Despite chopping HS2 off at the knees coming at a considerable cost—about £40 billion, from what ...

The Government retain responsibility for delivering heavy rail. We are making an investment of £1...

There is a deep democratic point in all of this. The Secretary of State was elected at the last g...

The hon. Gentleman raised two points. On the first, I make no apology for basing a decision on th...

Apologies—I inadvertently called two speakers from the Opposition side, so I will next take two f...

When the Secretary of State is looking at Network North, which I do welcome—I thank him very much...

The rail Minister has listened to my hon. Friend very carefully, and I will ensure that he meets ...

The cancellation of HS2 is a triple win for Newcastle-under-Lyme. First, we will get faster train...

As I just said, we are now following a proper legal process. We will set out the details of that,...

The more the Government pursue their net zero obsession, the less Conservative they look. The Min...

First, if the right hon. Gentleman assumes that climate change is a problem, then we need to deal...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement and the additional £900 million for South Yorkshir...

I know that my hon. Friend and others in that area of the country have campaigned in favour of th...

The hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) said that South Yorkshire will get £900 million as...

It is extra money going to the region, capital funding over the next phase of that capital budget...

Norfolk’s infrastructure needs have often been overlooked, but not any more: just in the last wee...

I am pleased that we were able to make the decision on the road that my hon. Friend and other col...

Earlier this year I asked the rail Minister, the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman...

On that specific point, one of the things we have done, because we are going to continue deliveri...

I can tell the Secretary of State that residents and businesses in Aberconwy and across north Wal...

I would be pleased to meet my hon. Friend and colleagues, and I can confirm the money that we hav...

I have campaigned for more than 18 years for the reopening of the Leamside line, which would

It was not deleted from the Network North document. The Network North document that was published...

If the seaside resorts, industrial towns and rural villages of Lincolnshire are to expand their e...

I would be very pleased for the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, my hon. Friend the Member...

Building HS2 was a long-term decision for the future—investment for decades to come—not just to i...

I disagree with the hon. Gentleman. First, the high-speed trains were not going to get to Manches...

I am a member of the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill Select Committee. We have been sit...

One thing that we will do, as we work through the consequences of the decision, is set out the de...

I was very pleased when the Prime Minister announced the electrification of the north Wales line,...

I am grateful for what I think was a welcome for the north Wales mainline electrification. I met ...

I very much welcome the commitment to Ely North junction and also to Haughley junction. They will...

I am grateful for the campaigning work my hon. Friend has done on pushing for that scheme. It was...

No matter how much the Secretary of State tries to back-pedal, the fact is that the proposal to r...

I am not quite sure why the hon. Lady does not think that an extra £685 million for transport in ...

The Secretary of State will be aware that Blackpool Council is considering spending millions of p...

It is ultimately for local authorities to make decisions. They are accountable, and it is for the...

A number of years ago, the Conservative Government expressly instructed Members, local councils a...

I am not entirely certain exactly what the hon. Lady’s question was, but we have set out the plan...

Will the Secretary of State confirm that, as per the Prime Minister’s recent announcement, the Iv...

On the second point, which is very important for the hon. Gentleman’s constituents, all outstandi...

I welcome sincerely the news of the Secretary of State’s support for Cullompton railway station. ...

It is very important, when projects are promised, that we have the funds to pay for them, and it ...