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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2014
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

"Pretty much, yes, although I am opposed to the daft £20 billion cheque in the first place, and have been all along.

What bothers me, besides the famous “connected purposes” let out, is that we are also told:

“That these Orders be Standing Orders of the House.”

According to HS2, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2014
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

"The right hon. Lady’s point simply emphasises how the detail is important. With Euston, however, it is not a matter of detail. The current proposal that the House voted through has been abandoned. In fact, it was abandoned before the House voted it through. The situation is utterly crazy. The …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2014
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

"Although I understand the concerns of people who are directly affected by the propositions that are not quite before us this afternoon, my principal concern is the application of the Standing Orders to what is proposed and likely to be proposed at Euston, which will be the biggest building and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2014
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

"Again, I sympathise with the right hon. Lady, because nowhere has been subjected to the absolutely stupendous incompetence of HS2 more than my constituency. HS2 proposed a link with HS1. Everyone said that that was crackers, HS2 said it was wonderful and then it had to drop it. HS2 proposed …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2014
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

"The point that I am trying to make to the Minister—and to anyone else who cares to listen—is that we are being asked to endorse the approach set out by the Government by incorporating it in Standing Orders of the House. That could be taken as a precedent that such …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2014
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

"But the point—I have clearly failed to make it—is that that area is to the west of the station, but there will now be similar problems to the east of the station...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2014
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

"David Higgins is apparently incapable of distinguishing between the land around the stations. The redevelopment at King’s Cross took place on useless, empty, brownfield railway land; the land on both sides of Euston station is not brownfield land to be rescued by some Australian missionary, but a place where people …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2014
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

"The people now petitioning have already petitioned and paid their £20. Will they be able to petition without paying a further £20?..."
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Written Question
High Speed 2 Railway Line
Monday 21st July 2014

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

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the estimated income included in the business case for phase 1 of High Speed 2 comes from Birmingham to London commuters.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

The Economic Case for HS2 published in October 2013 (which can be found at: http://assets.hs2.org.uk/sites/default/files/inserts/S%26A%201_Economic%20case_0.pdf), estimates that in 2036 and thereafter, 3.6% of the revenue generated by Phase 1 of HS2 originates from commuters travelling between the West Midlands and London.

Written Question
Euston Station
Monday 30th June 2014

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

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of decking over Euston Station and the cutting approach to the station.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

In his report published on 17 March 2014, Sir David Higgins said that there could be a better solution for Euston than that proposed in the HS2 hybrid Bill. As a result, HS2 Ltd has been asked to work with Network Rail to explore a more comprehensive solution for Euston, working with the rail industry and the local community, with the aim of reaching a decision that would allow introduction of an additional provision to the hybrid Bill by December 2014. This work includes establishing a cost estimate for the scheme.