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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Sep 2021
International Travel

"We all hope that our vaccines will prove effective against any new variants so that we can all get back fully to normal, but we also have to be incredibly vigilant against any possible new variant that develops and that is resistant to our vaccines. The Secretary of State will …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Sep 2021
HS2

"I am one of those who are deeply sceptical about the value for money of this project. I can think of considerable other ways to invest that money that would have a much stronger economic benefit. On the impact of the covid pandemic, has the Minister considered the long-term impact …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Jun 2021
International Travel

"As the vaccine rolls out and as international travel increases, if we are to prevent new variants from sending us back to square one, there needs to be an effective surveillance system with transparent analysis built in so that there can be swift action. We do not have that effective …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 May 2021
Britain’s Railways

"The current system has been failing my constituency for far too long, so I urge the Secretary of State to make sure that this plan improves things and is a step forward. The five towns are less than 20 miles from the centre of Leeds. If we were that close …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Mar 2020
Income tax (charge)

"On the proposal to reduce the number of trains, buses and tubes that are running, given that so many of them are so crowded at the moment, would it not make sense to keep many more of them running so that those essential workers who still have to get to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Mar 2020
Income tax (charge)

"We have seen nothing like this in our lifetimes. We are in a situation where six days after hearing the Budget, it is already out of date. We are at a time when, across the world, aeroplanes are being grounded, borders are being closed, people are staying at home, health …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"From Castlefield to Castleford. In West Yorkshire we are grateful that the Government have finally sacked Northern Rail, but we do need investment in our northern infrastructure as well. Will the Minister push for the Department’s plans to include definitive plans for tackling disabled access? I have been raising for …..."
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Written Question
High Speed 2 Railway Line: Urban Areas
Tuesday 1st October 2019

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any distributional analysis has been undertaken by (a) the Government and (b) HS2 Ltd of the passenger benefits that will accrue to towns in each region of the UK from High Speed Two.

Answered by Paul Maynard

A distributional analysis of the benefits from HS2 was conducted by HS2 Ltd in 2017 and provided to the Department as part of its ‘Economic Case Advice’. This could be found at Appendix 5 of this advice, and published at the following web address:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628526/CS866_A_HS2_Phase_2a_Economic_case.pdf#page81

Speech in Ministerial Corrections - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Transport

"Will the Government widen this review not just to their complete lack of grip on the HS2 project, but to the continued failure of the Department to remember that there are towns as well as cities in this country? It is continually locking billions of pounds into ever-delayed, ever-escalating projects …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Sep 2019
HS2

"Will the Government widen this review not just to their complete lack of grip on the HS2 project, but to the continued failure of the Department to remember that there are towns as well as cities in this country? It is continually locking billions of pounds into ever-delayed, ever-escalating projects …..."
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