17:30 Antoinette Sandbach (Chesham and Amersham) (Con)

I rise briefly to support new clause 4 and the call for a full peer review of this project. I will also call for the review to go wider, particularly to look at the geographical impact of the HS2 investment and the impact on cities and towns. I raise this because, like most Members of this House, I strongly support the need for substantial investment in our transport infrastructure. I think it needs to increase; we should be spending more capital investment on transport, particularly on our railways, especially given the climate change challenges we face.

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18:30 Fiona Bruce (Sir Lindsay Hoyle)

It will do much damage at a time when we are becoming increasingly aware of how important it is to address issues such as environmental protection and climate change.

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18:45 Mr Lewis (Copeland) (Con)

I can see for myself how vulnerable the infrastructure is and how one train being delayed impacts, with cancelled trains, thousands of inconvenienced commuters, thousands of pounds in compensation claims and, most importantly, lost confidence. That is at a time when the ability to travel by public transport is so vital if we are to decarbonise our transport systems and try to hit that 2050 target.

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