High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

My Lords, I start by declaring my non-pecuniary interests: I have been responsible three times in...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a non-executive director of HS2. It is almost exactly six year...

My Lords, it is not easy for a jobbing bishop to follow the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, but I am gla...

My Lords, I am tempted to try to contribute to some of the very important issues that have alread...

My Lords, I hope my contribution will not be seen as negative. It is a different view. It is not ...

My Lords, it is a great honour and privilege to join your Lordships’ House and to be speaking in ...

My Lords, I start by welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Mair, to full membership of the House. A numb...

My Lords, I declare that I am a non-executive director of HS2 and chief executive of London First...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. I pay tribute to her knowledge. I am sti...

My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Fowler. His modesty prevented him ...

My Lords, it is a great honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, whose knowle...

My Lords, it was a privilege to be present for the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Mair. I ...

My Lords, I have been sitting here feeling increasingly isolated, and I am very sorry to introduc...

My Lords, I declare an interest as chairman-designate of the Woodland Trust, president of a local...

My Lords, I strongly support HS2 and the Bill, albeit from a position, as your Lordships will hea...

My Lords, first, I join other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Mair, on a wonde...

My Lords, I start by declaring an interest in that my home is very close to the proposed route of...

My Lords, one has to be selective at this stage in the debate, and I begin with the theme picked ...

My Lords, I rise to express my concern and great disappointment that the unanimous conclusions of...

I am most grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I have in my hand a copy of the Government’s...

I have the report in my hand and, obviously, I have studied it. I repeat my words: it did not add...

My Lords, you wait for ages for a Transport Secretary and then five of them come along at the sam...

My Lords, I am certain that no one doubts that the United Kingdom and the future economy need a m...

My Lords, like many, I welcome the arrival of the noble and expert Lord, Lord Mair, to this House...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Mair, on a maiden speech of great distinction and q...

My Lords, I firmly support HS2. From these Benches, we are supporters of the railways because the...

My Lords, I thank the Minister and all noble Lords who participated in this debate for an interes...

My Lords, first, I join other Peers in thanking everyone for their most interesting, detailed and...

I understood that a resolution of the House could enable the committee to consider additional pro...

Of course. As I said, if there are additional questions, I will be pleased to write to noble Lord...

I checked with the Deputy Speaker to see whether I could come in after the completion of the Seco...

Part of what I am seeking to do is to provide greater clarity but, in the interests of time and o...

If the Minister will forgive me, I am anxious to say this for the record because the record of th...

My Lords, my counsel on this matter is that we are pushing the Minister a bit far from what he sh...

Before the Minister moves on, the figures he quoted on investment are extremely welcome. I recogn...

I will be pleased to provide that. As I said in my opening comments, the actual HS2 figure was 0....

Tabled by

Lord Berkeley

My Lords, before I decide whether to move this Motion, first I should say that I am very happy wi...

My Lords, I hope that the noble Lord will agree with me, as I am mindful of the previous question...

On the basis that I can always put this same Motion down another time, I shall not move it now.