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Written Question
High Speed 2 Railway Line
Thursday 15th January 2015

Asked by: Frank Dobson (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of the number of existing platforms at Euston station which will have to be taken out of use to permit construction of a London terminus for High Speed 2.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

Plans for Euston are still being finalised in conjunction with the railway industry. A key objective of the Department is to minimise disruption to the existing rail service during construction works at Euston. Any reduction in the number of platforms at Euston will be done in full consultation with train operators and Network Rail.

Written Question
High Speed 2 Railway Line
Thursday 15th January 2015

Asked by: Frank Dobson (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when HS2 Ltd will start consultation on new design proposals for Euston station to comply with the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

Consultation on the proposals for Euston station will take place as part of the parliamentary process following the submission of revised plans in September 2015.

Written Question
High Speed 2 Railway Line
Thursday 15th January 2015

Asked by: Frank Dobson (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department will announce revised plans for Euston station to accommodate High Speed 2.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

The plans for Euston are being developed to meet the timescales of the current parliamentary process.

The revised scheme will be deposited in September 2015 to enable consideration of the scheme in Select Committee.

Written Question
High Speed 2 Railway Line
Thursday 15th January 2015

Asked by: Frank Dobson (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the results of the Old Oak Common consultation will be published.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

The consultation on the proposed Mayoral Development Corporation for Old Oak Common and Park Royal is a matter for the Mayor of London. Details and progress on the Mayoral Development Corporation can be found at: https://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/planning/consultations/old-oak-and-park-royal-development-coporation

Written Question
High Speed Two
Thursday 15th January 2015

Asked by: Frank Dobson (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) employees and (b) secondees have been appointed by HS2 Ltd since October 2014.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

Since October HS2 Ltd has appointed 43 new staff. HS2 Ltd has taken on 11 secondees since 1 October 2014.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Oct 2014
High Speed 2 (Compensation)

"In my area, around Euston, people will be living next to the biggest construction site in Europe for 10 or 15 years. They will be living within a yard of the works. However, they will be entitled to no compensation at all. As the right hon. Lady will know, uncertainty …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Oct 2014
High Speed 2 (Compensation)

"I do not wish to delay the Minister in turning his attention to the tunnel, but can he explain why the terms for urban areas are different from those for rural areas?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Oct 2014
High Speed 2 (Compensation)

"My constituents might not fancy the idea of a new station, but what they really do not want is having to live next to a construction site for a decade or more. That is what they are bothered about...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2014
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

"The debate this afternoon strikes me as rather strange, as we are being asked to give the existing Select Committee power to consider amendments that we have not seen, which is fairly unusual in the House of Commons. If we are asked to agree to some amendment, we have usually …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2014
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

"I understand that, but if we had the detail, the House might decide that some amendments are so blindingly stupid that they should not be referred to the Select Committee in the first place. It remains the case that we are being asked to endorse these propositions without having seen …..."
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