High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

My Lords, I shall speak to the amendments in my name in this group. I start by assuring the Minis...

If I may just follow up a few of the points made by my noble friend, we have discussed before the...

My Lords, my Amendment 9 is grouped, although I am not sure it is closely connected to what the t...

I support the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, and her colleagues. There ...

My noble friend did not mention the chord that received permission under the HS1 Bill, built betw...

I bow to my noble friend’s expertise on the geography of this stretch of railway line. I was awar...

My Lords, I declare an interest as the Secretary of State who started HS2, and as a member of HS2...

I will just make one or two relatively brief observations. I add my thanks to those already expre...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. Before I go any further, on...

The question of hybridisation and additional provisions came up many times in the committee. The ...

I was alluding to the intent behind the noble Baroness’s amendment. I agree with the noble Lord i...

Before the Minister sits down, may I press him for on connectivity between HS1 and HS2? I presume...

I appreciate the sentiments behind what the noble Lord says, and as I have already articulated, t...

I just intervene to correct the record. I did not say there was no market—there clearly is a mark...

My Lords, this has been a very interesting debate. As well as the fount of most of our informatio...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 11, at end insert—

“( ) Constr...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 2 in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, I will spea...

I support what the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, has said. The scheme as envisaged is extravagant, a...

My Lords, we have dealt with only two amendments so far, and any member of the public sitting lis...

My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, particularly Amendments 5 and 6, tabled in ...

My Lords, my noble friend who has just sat down started her speech by saying she was not going to...

I understand that this is not the place to make a Second Reading speech but we are entitled to ta...

Again, with respect to the noble Lord, I do not mind him speaking about the amendments; procedura...

What about the tunnels?

I will come to the tunnels in later amendments—my noble friend should not distract me just yet; I...

I accept what the noble Lord says about the building of a two-track railway, but surely given the...

I am immensely sorry to refute the noble Lord’s assertions but we spent a long time looking into ...

My Lords, I rise to make a short point following the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Snape....

I hope the noble Baroness will accept from me that I am not making that accusation. I am saying t...

My Lords, we have had a wide-ranging Second Reading debate. I sympathise completely with the nobl...

The noble Lord is making a much better non-Second Reading speech than I did. Does he agree that a...

My noble friend is completely correct. Of the £10 billion spent on the last upgrade of the west c...

I do not wish to make a Second Reading speech, but I simply say that at Second Reading we indicat...

I again thank all noble Lords for their contributions. On the final point made by the noble Lord,...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. At one stage, I ...

If there is anything that we can assist with between different stages of the Bill I would welcome...

I am grateful to the Minister. Perhaps we can follow this up afterwards. I beg leave to withdraw ...

Moved by

Viscount Astor

7: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Be...

My Lords, my amendment—and possibly those that follow—may rehybridise the Bill. However, as this ...

My Lords, I support the noble Viscount’s amendment. It appears that this provision was not in fac...

“My noble friend”.

My noble friend, I am sorry. On the face of it, it will not require any delay either. The Select ...

My Lords, I do not necessarily oppose the amendment, although I listened with interest to what my...

As I understand it, a mined tunnel is where you use a digger to make a hole, as opposed to one of...

Though he is not an expert, the noble Viscount has done extremely well. I am enlightened.

5...

Maybe I can help. My noble friend at some stage probably came down the Channel Tunnel while we we...

My Lords—

I am replying to an intervention on my speech. I will of course give way to my noble friend in a ...

I simply wished to make a point to the Minister. My understanding is that it is not correct to sa...

I am rather sorry I got involved in this whole thing now. I make one plea on behalf of the train ...

My Lords, I hesitate to come into this debate, but I confirmed with my colleagues that I was not ...

I thank all noble Lords for their contributions. After the interventions by the noble Lords, Lord...

I apologise for interrupting, but I just want to be clear about this. I am looking at the relevan...

I can assure your Lordships that we looked at all the alternatives at great length on many occasi...

My Lords, I am grateful to everybody who has spoken. I particularly enjoyed the idea from the nob...

I am sure that is right, although I am not sure whether it would stand up mathematically in a cou...

I am not going to get into that debate with the noble Lord, but I think I am right I saying that ...

I was not seeking in any way to say that one set of experts should be more highly esteemed than a...

The Select Committee came to a conclusion, which may be right or wrong. But its members are not r...

The noble Lord said that this mined tunnel would not, in effect, make much difference as far as t...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Snape, again for sharing facts. During the debates we have had this ...

It does not happen often.

I am always grateful for the noble Lord’s interventions.

My noble friend talked about analy...

I have listened to what my noble friend said and will consider it carefully. In the meantime, I b...

Moved by

Viscount Astor

8: Clause 2, page 2, line 14, at end insert—

“( ) chang...

My Lords, Amendments 8, 25, 26 and 27 have nothing to do with tunnels—I can assure the noble Lord...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for tabling his amendments. I appreciate that he is seeking fur...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for his response, particularly to Amendment 8 whic...

I did not want to intervene again, but I feel I must correct the impression that the noble Viscou...

All I can say to the noble Lord is that some of those involved in parish councils felt unable to ...

I am sorry to speak again, but I am beginning to wonder what we are doing. If the Select Committe...

I do not know whether my noble friend wants to answer that, but perhaps I may finish responding t...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

10: Clause 4, page 3, line 15, at end insert—

...

My Lords, the amendments in this group in my name are merely corrections flowing from the passing...

Tabled by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

11: After Clause 11, insert the following new C...

My Lords, my noble friend might have expected to be back by now, but my understanding is that it ...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Wirral

14: After Clause 19, insert the following new Clause—