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Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

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Migration: International Students
Monday 7th January 2019

(5 years, 4 months ago)

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Baroness Sugg Portrait Baroness Sugg
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I certainly agree with the noble Lord. Our railways are absolutely at capacity—we have seen a doubling of passengers—and we desperately need more space, which is what HS2 will deliver.

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Portrait Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab Co-op)
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My Lords, with the fiasco of Northern rail, the debacle of the phantom drones at Gatwick, and now Kent, where only half the HGVs turned up for the trial, what does it take for a Secretary of State to have to resign these days?

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My Lords, I reassure the noble Lord that the Secretary of State is absolutely across all the issues he has raised.

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