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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Dec 2021
Rail Investment and Integrated Rail Plan

"As the Secretary of State knows, for some bizarre reason HS2 was deemed to be an England and Wales project, resulting in no Barnett consequentials for Wales. All the projects he has announced in his speech today are clearly England-only projects, so can he confirm that they will result in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Transport Funding: Wales and HS2

"I do not think anybody is discounting the fact that increasing Department for Transport expenditure leads to overall consequentials for Wales. The question is on the impact of the HS2 element. Having mentioned the £755 million for Wales, what are the figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland, considering that they …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Transport Funding: Wales and HS2

"Diolch. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Sir Edward. I congratulate the hon. Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies) on securing this timely debate on the eve of the Budget and the comprehensive spending review.

How Wales has been treated in relation to HS2 is a …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Transport Funding: Wales and HS2

"As always, my right hon. Friend makes a pertinent point. It does not make any sense that the responsibility for operating the railways in Wales is devolved to the Welsh Government but the responsibility for the infrastructure remains in the hands of another Government.

To return to my point, the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Transport Funding: Wales and HS2

"Absolutely; that is the financial reality. We do not even get a population share, which would be 5% of rail investment. People might argue that 11% of the rail network is in Wales, so we should be getting more than our population share. Historical underfunding is a huge problem for …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Transport Funding: Wales and HS2

"I listened to the hon. Gentleman’s speech advocating the benefits of HS2 with great interest, but he needs to reflect on the full business case for HS2 produced by HS2 Ltd in 2020. According to Professor Mark Barry’s submission to the Welsh Affairs Committee, there is no passenger benefit to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Transport Funding: Wales and HS2

"That is a very interesting intervention. I am not defending the Welsh Government’s policy in its totality, but they want to move away from road and towards public transport. If we will not be using road, we have to invest in rail. This is the fundamental question facing us as …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Transport Funding: Wales and HS2

"My understanding of the Welsh Government’s policy is no new extra roads. That does not mean that there will not be investment in road maintenance. However, the reality is that, if we are going down that road, there has to be investment in alternative modes of transport, which again furthers …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Transport Funding: Wales and HS2

"All the schemes that the Minister has mentioned are extremely noble, but what is the total percentage allocated to Wales in the control period? Is the reality not that, compared with investments across the rest of the UK, especially in HS2, Wales is being offered crumbs under the table?..."
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Written Question
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
Thursday 16th September 2021

Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he is having with the Welsh Government ahead of the publication of his Department's electric vehicle charging infrastructure strategy.

Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch

I have regular discussions with Ministerial colleagues from different Devolved Administrations (DAs) about various aspects of the government’s support for the transition zero emission driving. During the development of our EV infrastructure strategy, officials have been working closely with colleagues in the DAs to ensure that there are strong and coordinated plans in place for electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the country.