Monday 13th September 2021

(2 years, 7 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Taiwo Owatemi Portrait Taiwo Owatemi
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I thank my hon. Friend for raising such an important point. HS2 has caused financial restraints for many people whose life it has impacted—

Zarah Sultana Portrait Zarah Sultana (Coventry South) (Lab)
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Will my hon. Friend give way?

Taiwo Owatemi Portrait Taiwo Owatemi
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I will, but I will have to continue my speech very shortly.

Zarah Sultana Portrait Zarah Sultana
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I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. I share many of the concerns about HS2 that she has raised. These concerns were made very clear to me when I joined constituents affected by the project earlier this year and saw the impact of HS2 on them and their local area. In addition to the environmental issues that my hon. Friend has raised, what keeps coming up time and again from constituents is noise pollution. Does she agree that it is long overdue for HS2 to put up noise-cancelling barriers to stop the disruption that is plaguing so many constituents?

David Mundell Portrait David Mundell (in the Chair)
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I will just say at this stage that because the debate is heavily over-subscribed, those people making interventions, particularly lengthy ones, are unlikely to catch my eye for the debate itself.