Written Question
Monday 18th May 2020
Asked by:
Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what are the current outstanding by-elections for hereditary peers, indicating in each case the numbers of electors to be involved.
Answered by Lord McFall of Alcluith
The by-elections for hereditary peers currently outstanding are to fill the vacancies left by the retirements of the Earl of Selborne and the Countess of Mar. In respect of the vacancy created by the retirement of the Earl of Selborne the remaining 46 Conservative excepted hereditary peers are eligible to vote. In respect of the vacancy created by the retirement of the Countess of Mar the whole House is entitled to vote to fill the vacancy as she was elected by the whole House to act as a Deputy Chairman.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Feb 2020
High Speed Rail (West Midlands– Crewe) Bill
"My Lords, like my noble friend Lord Blunkett, I feel slightly disorientated in agreeing wholeheartedly with my noble friend Lord Adonis. I particularly agree with his point about needing some clarity about 2b. I slightly wondered whether the Prime Minister had introduced reference to 2b just so that he could …..."Lord Grocott - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2020
Transport Infrastructure
"My Lords, I strongly support the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Young, that yesterday’s pessimists about HS1 are today’s enthusiasts for HS1. The same point can be made about the first London-to-Birmingham railway, which was ferociously opposed on cost and other grounds. Since it was built in 1838, …..."Lord Grocott - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 23 Jan 2020
High Speed 2 (Economic Affairs Committee Report)
"My Lords, I must say that the thing that alarmed me the moment I picked up a copy of the report was its title: “Rethinking” HS2. As a strong supporter of HS2 since it was first proposed 10 years ago, I am getting weary of the constant appraisals, reappraisals, delays, …..."Lord Grocott - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 09 Sep 2019
High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill
"My Lords, will the Minister also say whether part of the evidence that the review takes will include an assessment of how much has been spent already on this vital link for the West Midlands? Then we could get a clearer idea, in the light of the suggestion by some …..."Lord Grocott - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Feb 2019
HS2: Electricity Supply
"Does the Minister share my concern or perhaps she even recognises the inevitable: many sections of the House are following a long tradition of this House in opposing the building of railways anywhere and at any time. beginning with the London to Birmingham railway in 1830? Can she assure us …..."Lord Grocott - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 6th March 2018
Asked by:
Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they have allocated to the privatised railway system in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
Net support to the railways in Great Britain by the Government is shown in the table below.
Government net support to the rail industry1
Year | £million (nominal) | |
2007-08 | 5,315 | |
2008-09 | 5,003 | |
2009-10 | 4,696 | |
2010-11 | 4,251 | |
2011-12 | 4,554 | |
2012-13 | 5,173 | |
2013-14 | 5,370 | |
2014-15 | 4,864 | |
2015-16 | 4,763 | |
2016-17 | 4,246 | |
| | |
1 Includes support from the Department for Transport, and the Scottish and Welsh Governments
Source: Office of Rail and Road (ORR)
The figures represent the net contribution made by the Government and are offset against payments received from rail industry bodies, such as the overall premium paid by Train Operating Companies (TOCs). The grant given to Network Rail and direct Government funding towards railway projects are included in the total.
These figures reflect Government support to the GB national railway and therefore do not include any Government support to tram, light rail, underground networks or the Northern Irish rail networks.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 Jan 2017
Autonomous Road Vehicles
"Does the Minister agree that anyone who suggests that we close railway lines should be referred back to the vandalism of the Beeching era, when thousands of miles of track were closed, viaducts were smashed up and tunnels were filled in? Now many communities up and down the country are …..."Lord Grocott - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Jan 2017
High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill
"Will my noble friend answer a question that I feel I should know the answer to? How much has all the additional tunnelling that has come on as a result of the various stages of this Bill added to the cost of HS2? I have a slight suspicion that there …..."Lord Grocott - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Jan 2017
High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill
"I could not keep all those figures in my head. Will the Minister be able to tell us at some stage, not necessarily now, the total additional cost of tunnelling on top of the other costs of the railway?..."Lord Grocott - View Speech
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