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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Jun 2015
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill: Instruction (No. 3)

"Do I take it, therefore, that the Minister will use his good offices to ensure that HS2 will indeed honour the recommendations that the Committee hands down to it? If those commitments are not honoured, the integrity of the process will be called into serious question...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Jun 2015
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill: Instruction (No. 3)

"I am glad that the right hon. Lady is sharing her experience with the House. Has she seen any evidence of High Speed 2 Ltd actually following a word that the High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Select Committee has issued?..."
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Written Question
Chief Scientific Advisers
Tuesday 27th January 2015

Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how many months since 2010 the role of Chief Scientific Adviser for his Department has been vacant.

Answered by Claire Perry

The role of the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department was vacant for a fifteen month period between 1 October 2010 and 15 January 2012.

The role became vacant again from 1 June 2014, but we are currently advertising for this position. The application deadline was originally due to close on 19 January 2015 but has been extended to 2 February 2015 with permission from the Civil Service Commissioner who is chairing the recruitment panel and permission of the hiring manager, Director General, Resources and Strategy at DFT.

Written Question
Chief Scientific Advisers
Monday 23rd June 2014

Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings he has had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the last 12 months.

Answered by Stephen Hammond

As was the case under previous administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Washwood Heath Marshalling Yard

"It is a great privilege to speak in this debate, and I am even more pleased that I am not speaking and advancing my case alone. I am enormously grateful for the support of my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr Mahmood), and my neighbour in Birmingham, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Washwood Heath Marshalling Yard

"I am grateful to the Minister for giving way with characteristic generosity. He outlined the criteria that were used to conclude that Washwood Heath was the right site. I know that he cares about the interests of the taxpayer, as I do. I could not help but notice that he …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Washwood Heath Marshalling Yard

"The Minister says that Cemex has a bright future and he was absolutely right to say so. I was therefore highly alarmed to read the letter to me from Cemex, which said that, given the strategic importance of Cemex to the reconstruction of our railway system, the company is incredibly …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Washwood Heath Marshalling Yard

"I thank the Minister for giving way to me a third time. I should welcome his views on whether the way through is to agree that, given the opportunity cost of developing the site in the way that he proposes and given the clear risk of economic damage, the jobs …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Washwood Heath Marshalling Yard

"That is a big number...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Washwood Heath Marshalling Yard

"The Minister will be familiar with the site, although possibly not as familiar as I am. I am sure that he recognises that the great River Tame runs alongside the north boundary of the site. He will have his work cut out justifying that 6 or 8 hectares of balancing …..."
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