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“Just a fairly specific point about the relationship with the new infrastructure strategy, which promised an infrastructure pipeline with an interactive portal. What rail schemes will be included as part of that? Perhaps the real question is what the relationship is going to be between RNEP and major schemes and the ove…”

“I accept all those points. We are not the only place that is doing ETCS on existing railways, but it is very good to hear the commitment to it. On electrification, I think we would like to ask some more questions.”

“Moving on from electrification, because I am sure lots of people have had enough of that, to the wider point, we have heard through some of the evidence that we have received during this inquiry that there is a view that planning for enhancements typically follows what is politically expedient rather than being based o…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I commend the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Connor Naismith) for securing the debate and for his wide-ranging introductory speech. The hon. Member told us that 70 million passengers a year and 40% of freight use the west coast main line, highlighting it…”

“I join the hon. Member in paying tribute to our armed forces. He has made some very good points, but does he not accept that the Act that he is defending, and that the Government are committed to repealing, has been opposed by all major political parties in Northern Ireland? Is it not important, when paying tribute to …”

“A number of academics and HS2 senior managers have suggested that the political culture and politicians have some responsibility for starting early and for some of the wider problems facing HS2. Is it all our fault around this table?”

“The Stewart review praised the existence of an HS2 Minister for part of the last Government. What do you feel the pros and cons are of having a ministerial post dedicated to projects such as HS2? Is that something the new Government would consider recreating?”

“Mr Wild, you have quite clearly articulated the role of the designs not being complete before construction started and a lot of stuff to do with consents. Do you have any thoughts as to why construction started too early, given those issues? What were the causes and pressures that led to that?”

“Thank you for that. It would be very concerning if your predecessors thought that, as the original scheme always envisaged a lot of running on the west coast and east coast main lines north of the extremities of HS2, but perhaps we will explore that a bit further on.”

“Indeed. Such interfaces are very common with high-speed networks in other countries as well.”

“I thank the hon. Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler) for securing this debate and the Backbench Business Committee for granting it. Along with the hon. Members for Dewsbury and Batley (Iqbal Mohamed) and for Stratford and Bow (Uma Kumaran), she spoke eloquently of the emotional impact of a stolen phone. I still have a …”

“I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and his previous answer on dentistry, but I will push him a little further. My constituency, along with all of Oxfordshire, is an NHS dental desert. Having met with dental providers, they say that the key to changing that is reforming the NHS dental contract. I note that…”

“T4. I recently visited the Cornermen project in my Oxfordshire constituency. Based at South Moreton boxing club, it provides professional mental health support for men in a sporting environment. Does the Minister agree that sports and leisure can open the door to mental health provision? What more can the Government do…”

“I praise and thank the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury) for her wide-ranging opening speech to this important debate. I also thank the Backbench Business Committee for giving time for it. There is much to welcome in the spending review announcements for transport, particularly the capital investme…”

“My hon. Friend is quite correct. Having previously worked on this subject in my past life, modelling of acceleration shows that electrically hauled freight is transformative compared with diesel, and it enables more to be hauled, making the most of the limited capacity that we have. Let me give an example from my const…”

“I agree that full electrification is the best solution for the Devon and Cornwall main line, and we can use battery trains on the branch lines once that has been done. I would welcome a longer conversation with the hon. Member, because I understand that the current thinking is for discontinuous electrification with bat…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Efford. I follow other hon. Members in congratulating the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (Peter Prinsley) on bringing this vital topic to the House and sharing his insight from his many decades of medical practice as well as the tribute that he paid to …”

“Does discontinuous with batteries work for freight?”

“Mr Pasternak, thank you very much for coming to the Committee. It is very interesting to hear a European perspective on this because some would argue that we can be a little inward-looking here. You mentioned that there has been a fairly continuous level of demand for rolling stock, but do the companies for which you p…”

“That is very interesting, thank you. Clearly, a key challenge for the railways across Europe is decarbonisation. In the UK, as you will probably be aware, we have a very high percentage of unelectrified lines. How are you finding that the market is changing in Europe in what you are looking to finance? Is it becoming m…”