High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill
Debate between Lord Russell of Liverpool and Lord Liddle
Committee stage
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Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard)
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Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
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Committee: 2nd sitting : House of Lords
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Committee: 2nd sitting
Thursday 12th November 2020
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Thursday 12th November 2020
(4 years, 1 month ago)
Grand CommitteeRead Full debate High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Act 2021 View all High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Act 2021 Debates Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts Amendment Paper: HL Bill 142-II Second marshalled list for Grand Committee - (9 Nov 2020)
The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Russell of Liverpool) (CB)
The noble Lord, Lord Haselhurst, has withdrawn from speaking to this amendment and so I now call the noble Lord, Lord Liddle.
Lord Liddle (Lab) [V]
My Lords, I am worried that in these discussions I am going to fall out with my noble friend Lord Berkeley, for whom I have great respect, but I hope that that is not the case. However, I think that this is a very odd amendment to attach to a Bill on HS2. There is much wider public concern about the use of non-disclosure agreements, but to add this to an HS2 measure just confirms conspiracy theories about the way that HS2 has been operating. I do not think that there is any great evidence for this and therefore my noble friend should withdraw his amendment.