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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jul 2017
HS2 Update

"I am afraid that the Secretary of State’s statement will provoke deep anger among my constituents, not just because of the local impact on them but because they believe, as I do, that this is the wrong choice for jobs, for regeneration, for connectivity and indeed for the ambitions of …..."
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Written Question
High Speed 2 Railway Line
Friday 14th July 2017

Asked by: Ed Miliband (Labour - Doncaster North)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many responses were received in the HS2 Crewe to Manchester, West Midlands to Leeds: Route Refinement Consultation 2016; and how many of those responses were (a) in support of and (b) against the new M18 route.

Answered by Paul Maynard

Following the conclusion of the consultation, the consultation responses are being processed. We are committed to responding to this consultation before the end of the year. At the time of our response, we will release the consultation details.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Feb 2017
High Speed 2: Yorkshire

"I am grateful, even at this late—or should I say early—hour, to discuss the very important decisions to be made about HS2 and its route through Yorkshire, and particularly South Yorkshire. What this debate loses by the hour at which it occurs, it gains from the quality of the Members …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Feb 2017
High Speed 2: Yorkshire

"On both sides of the House.

I am grateful to all my right hon. and hon. Friends who have supported the debate, and particularly to my right hon. Friends the Members for Rother Valley (Sir Kevin Barron), for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) and for Doncaster Central (Dame Rosie Winterton), …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Feb 2017
High Speed 2: Yorkshire

"That is an incredibly important point. I will come on to the vexed question of costs, because that will obviously be a concern of the Minister, and I understand the reasons for that.

HS2’s fourth argument is about what it calls local constraints—that is, the urban industrial density and the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Feb 2017
High Speed 2: Yorkshire

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for that. I noticed the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Jason McCartney) nodding from a sedentary position; I know that he raised this issue in the Transport Committee as well. It is also something that my constituents have raised with me.

The other thing I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Feb 2017
High Speed 2: Yorkshire

"The right hon. Lady has a long track record of campaigning on this issue. Although she and I may differ on the principle around HS2—I support it—the point that she makes about its inconsistency of approach is deeply troubling. It was recommending the Meadowhall route not just in October 2014 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Feb 2017
High Speed 2: Yorkshire

"My right hon. Friend makes an important point, and I hope that the Minister will be open-minded. Although the Secretary of State has said that he is minded to go ahead with the M18 route, he has kept the Meadowhall option open.

I come now to the issue of cost. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Feb 2017
High Speed 2: Yorkshire

"The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I understand that Governments will always want to look for savings, but I do not believe there will be any savings.

The final argument I want to address is consensus. The Minister and I have discussed the issue, and I know he is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Feb 2017
High Speed 2: Yorkshire

"Will the Minister answer a simple question: is Meadowhall still on the table?..."
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