"When this issue was presented to the House, at the outset, an area of some dubiety was that tunnelling would be cheaper than putting rail above ground. I have talked to a number of civil engineers, and none of them believes in that prospect. Can the Minister shed any light …..." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
"May I show the Minister a poster that I picked up in Wendover on Sunday? It does not give us much hope that constituents in that part of the world are likely to have as much enthusiasm as us about the building of HS2...." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
"There has even been a change domestically: BA has removed all services from Birmingham to London as a result of the upgrading of the west coast main line...." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
"I welcome the statement, if it is not in fact one about jam tomorrow. In those circumstances, can the Secretary of State give some indication of what additional resources will be put into the railway system this side of the general election and, in particular, how much extra will be …..." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
"Just to put it on the record, is the Minister saying that there is no possibility of expansion at Heathrow or near Heathrow, say at Northolt?..." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
"As a regular traveller, like my friend from Northern Ireland, the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), I know that the inefficiencies of the service are such that there is a crying need for a universal approach to security. In circumstances where the airport that passengers go through has a …..." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
"I should say that I thank the Secretary of State for that answer, but the problem is that the tax on fuel is not just the excise. There is also a thing called VAT which has not been taken into account in the equation. In her regular meetings with the …..." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
"Ownership is currently entirely within British hands. It is possible that that will no longer be the case if privatisation goes ahead...." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech