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Ministerial statement on Thursday, 11 March 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Adonis.

Transport: High-speed Rail

Lords statement on high-speed rail between London and the major cities of the Midlands, the north and Scotland.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
718 c345-60 
Session
2009-10
Department
Department for Transport
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
High Speed Rail.
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Command papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
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Lord Adonis | 718 c360 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful for my noble and learned friend’s remarks. Perhaps it is just about in ...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 718 c360 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as the chairman of the Thames Gateway London Partnership, comprising...
Lord Adonis | 718 c360 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad to be able to tell the noble Lord, for whose kind personal remarks I am very gra...
Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 718 c359-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, disassociate myself from the curmudgeonly Conservative attitude to the Government’...
Baroness Hanham | 718 c349-51 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Secretary of State for making this Statement today, and I am grateful that I w...
Lord Adonis | 718 c345-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with leave, I will make a Statement on high-speed rail between London and the major cities...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 718 c355 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is essential that Heathrow should become more efficient and ought to be tied up with hi...
Lord Adonis | 718 c355 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is good road access to Heathrow at the moment. The proposals for widening the M25 an...
Lord Bradshaw | 718 c351-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not wish to follow the speech we have just heard, which was almost insulting to the S...
Lord Adonis | 718 c352-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am so bowled over by that compliment, I hardly know how to begin. The idea that I might ...
Lord Tanlaw | 718 c355-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as my group’s member of the Railway Industry Association. I am horri...
Lord Adonis | 718 c356 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, because when I was in China a few months ago looking at t...
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 718 c356 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind the noble Lord, Lord Tanlaw, that it must be brief comments or questions to allow...
Lord Adonis | 718 c356-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is certainly a possibility of services running from Birmingham to Brussels. The repo...
Earl of Mar and Kellie | 718 c356 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can the Secretary of State clarify, first, whether in the early stages after completion th...
Lord Adonis | 718 c357-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I said in answer to an earlier question, we believe there is room for substantial third...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 718 c357 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the Secretary of State on his visionary approach. However, the experience o...
Lord Berkeley | 718 c358 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the environment issues that will undoubtedly occur when this line gets built, it would ...
Lord Adonis | 718 c358-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend for his comments. He has huge experience of the rail industry, incl...
Lord Smith of Finsbury | 718 c359 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as chairman of the Environment Agency, I say to the Secretary of State that this Statement...
Lord Adonis | 718 c359 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have huge admiration for my noble friend and any advice that he gives I take immensely s...
Subjects
Costs Construction Elizabeth line Birmingham Greater London Greater Manchester Leeds High speed trains Glasgow Edinburgh Heathrow Airport East Midlands Railway stations Railways Railway network Newcastle upon Tyne Liverpool Sheffield Birmingham Airport West Midlands High Speed Two
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