May 2019 – Question in the House Following a Select Committee Report on the Runaway Costs of HS2 and the lack of benefits to the north. Earlier speech on Why I Oppose HS2 – and how the money could be better spent on improving the north’s local railways and East-West Cross Pennine rail links – July 2018 Why I have made a Freedom of Information Request to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority About The Spiralling Costs of HS2. Latest Runaway Costs – December 2018

Oral Question on HS2 May 20th 2019 Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, will the Minister return to the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Howell of Guildford, and accept that most northerners would prefer to see prioritised east-west travel and the upgrading of infrastructure, which is dismal in the north of England? … Continue reading May 2019 – Question in the House Following a Select Committee Report on the Runaway Costs of HS2 and the lack of benefits to the north. Earlier speech on Why I Oppose HS2 – and how the money could be better spent on improving the north’s local railways and East-West Cross Pennine rail links – July 2018 Why I have made a Freedom of Information Request to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority About The Spiralling Costs of HS2. Latest Runaway Costs – December 2018