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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 May 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. East Coast’s current operator, Directly Operated Railways, was barred from bidding for the east coast franchise. The Secretary of State presumably welcomes the bid from Eurostar-Keolis, which is largely owned by French state railways. Is it not time to change policy and to allow Directly Operated Railways to bid …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Apr 2014
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

"Infrastructure projects in the UK appear to follow a pattern, as I have experienced with our trams project in Edinburgh. The trams project, when we consider the size of the spend as a proportion of Edinburgh’s economy, is probably quite similar to HS2 in the UK.

We often start with …..."
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Written Question

Question Link

Thursday 3rd April 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

Answered by Stephen Hammond

I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given by the Right Honourable Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Francis Maude) on 2 April 2014, Official Report, Column 721W.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Mar 2014
High-speed Rail

"Sir David Higgins stresses the importance of existing lines and HS2 working together. Will the Secretary of State reconsider the current plans for trains from Scotland to Birmingham and London to bypass Manchester and Leeds? Is this an opportunity to reconsider the possibility of linking them up?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Feb 2014
Flooding: Transport Disruption

"I am sure that the Secretary of State will join me in praising the work of East Coast staff who dealt with customers stranded on the Yorkshire moors last night.

When the Secretary of State and his team give figures on the late running of East Coast trains, will they …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Jan 2014
High Speed 2

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate, which I think is the first to be held under the new arrangement whereby this debate in Westminster Hall is allocated by that Committee rather than through the mysterious …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Jan 2014
High Speed 2

"I agree with the right hon. Gentleman and will be coming on to that issue. The underlying purpose, I would argue, is to be able to distribute our investment in our economy more generally, and connectivity is important to that. We have seen, for example, what has happened in Salford …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Jan 2014
High Speed 2

"I accept my hon. Friend’s point about green benefits in the long term, certainly in terms of air travel, although that will not necessarily be the case in the short term, as people will constantly argue...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Jan 2014
High Speed 2

"The right hon. Lady will not be surprised that I do not entirely agree with her view. We have to remember, for example, that the lines between cities across the north are already being electrified, quite separately from HS2...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Jan 2014
High Speed 2

"I will shortly, but I want to complete my argument about why, if we want to grow regional economies, we need to improve connectivity and why that is not possible within the existing rail network. There has been a huge growth in rail over the past 20 years, and there …..."
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