Refurbishing Trains: Contracts Debate

Full Debate: Read Full Debate
Department: Department for Transport

Refurbishing Trains: Contracts

Lord Watts Excerpts
Tuesday 12th December 2023

(5 months, 1 week ago)

Lords Chamber
Read Full debate Read Hansard Text Watch Debate Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
Lord Davies of Gower Portrait Lord Davies of Gower (Con)
- View Speech - Hansard - - - Excerpts

The contract with HS2 and Alstom will go forward in terms of phase 1.

Lord Watts Portrait Lord Watts (Lab)
- View Speech - Hansard - -

My Lords, the Minister says that there will be investment in the railways. We know that there is money being kept safe from the cancellation of High Speed 2; how much of that is going to be transferred to northern schemes, because it looks quite clear that the Government are transferring money intended for the north down to the south?

Lord Davies of Gower Portrait Lord Davies of Gower (Con)
- View Speech - Hansard - - - Excerpts

If I am correct, I believe it was somewhere in the region of £30 billion to £34 billion.