Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 1 March 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Shutt of Greetland.

Railways: Intercity Express and Electrification

Lords statement on the Government's plans for the extension of the electrification of the Great Western main line and for the procurement of a replacement for the existing diesel intercity trains.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 725 c985-95
Session: 2010-12
Department: Department for Transport
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2011-0587
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Lord Davies of Oldham | 725 c988-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for repeating the Statement made earlier this day in another place,...; Lord Shutt of Greetland | 725 c985-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with permission I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourabl...; Lord Bradshaw | 725 c990 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will my noble friend convey to the Secretary of State in another place our warmest congrat...; Lord Shutt of Greetland | 725 c989-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Oldham, for his comments regarding my noble friend ...; Lord Shutt of Greetland | 725 c990-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his comments. I immediately looked at my railway map and thoug...; Lord Berkeley | 725 c991 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the noble Lord on this Statement, which is very positive, as my noble friend has said...; Lord Davies of Stamford | 725 c993 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not often that I welcome a decision of this Government, let alone feel inclined to c...; Lord Shutt of Greetland | 725 c993 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the comments my noble friend Lord Bates. Clearly, as a north-easterner, ...; Lord Bates | 725 c992-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is my noble friend aware how warmly welcomed this announcement will be in the north-east o...; Lord Shutt of Greetland | 725 c992 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is good to have the contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Walpole, and for him to extol ...; Lord Walpole | 725 c992 (Link to this contribution) I am coming to the question now. If you go to Norwich, you can go to Liverpool Lime Street or London...; Lord Walpole | 725 c992 (Link to this contribution) I would like to take the Minister on a little trip. If he went to Westminster station and got on the...; Lord Shutt of Greetland | 725 c991-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, for his comments and hear what he says about Readin...; Lord Shutt of Greetland | 725 c993 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Davies, for his contribution. I hear exactly what he says abo...; Earl of Mar and Kellie | 725 c993-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, future travellers to Swansea will have to travel in the bimode train for about 35 miles. B...; Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 725 c994-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, a popular pub question is: what do Albania and Wales have in common? The answer is that th...; Lord Shutt of Greetland | 725 c994 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not able to give details of the power that the trains will have to tackle the road to...; Lord Shutt of Greetland | 725 c995 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner, and pay tribute to his service, and indeed that of ...
Subjects: Bristol Cardiff High speed trains Job creation Manufacturing industries Procurement Railways Electrification Rolling stock Swansea Hitachi Great Western main line Agility Trains Intercity Express Programme Newton Aycliffe
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Railways: Intercity Express and Electrification

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