May 2026

Warinder Juss voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Joe Powell voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

I am grateful to the shadow Rail Minister for his questions and the tone in which he presented his case. He was not quite as bombastic at the Dispatch Box as he normally is, so I can only assume that perhaps he was considering making an apology for the dreadful mess that the previous Government left this project in. I did not hear one, but I accept the manner in which he made his points. I do question where the shadow Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay (Mr Hold

My hon. Friend the Chair of the Select Committee is right that the problems of HS2 were born many years ago. The fact that the civil engineering was delayed for four years is not the product of decisions by this Government or the current management of HS2, but is, as she says, about overly optimistic cost estimates, construction starting before designs were mature, insufficiently controlled delivery, poor contractual arrangements, gold-plating, and constant changes in policy and scope. She is en

Jas Athwal voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Michelle Welsh voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Jim Dickson voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Tom Rutland voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Richard Holden voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Claire Coutinho voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Alex Ballinger voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Gagan Mohindra voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Melanie Ward voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Parliamentary appearance by John Whitby

John Whittingdale voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Paul Holmes voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Gareth Bacon voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

James Wild voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his support for our overall approach. I am reassured that we have the capability and capacity that is needed in the executive leadership of HS2. That was not the case previously. A new financial director and new commercial director are in place, and I am reassured that the six new appointments to the HS2 board, which the new chair has led over the past year, have the right skills. On the expert panel, I assure the hon. Gentleman that there are the multiple

Michael Wheeler voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)