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Written Question
High Speed 2 Railway Line
Monday 9th March 2015

Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on proposals to connect the High Speed 2 railway line with Heathrow Airport.

Answered by Lord McLoughlin

I am aware that the proposed Heathrow spur causes great concern to local residents. I would now like to make clear that we do not intend to build the spur as part of Phase 1 or 2 of the HS2 scheme.

In November 2014, the Airports Commission published a high-level review of the implications of a HS2 spur on surface access to Heathrow Airport, as part of the supporting technical documents for their public consultation on the three short-listed schemes for airport expansion. This review indicated that an HS2 spur is highly unlikely to be necessary to support any expansion of Heathrow airport.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Jan 2015
HS2 Funding Referendum Bill

"It is a great pleasure to be able to participate in this debate. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) for providing the forum for this debate. I regret that I was not able to sign his Bill when he introduced it. One of the advantages …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Jan 2015
HS2 Funding Referendum Bill

"I agree entirely. One of the difficulties we have is that when we ask questions and seek further information, it seems that we extract it by dribs and drabs. One of the great merits of my hon. Friend’s Bill is that it would have the valuable consequence of crystallizing debate …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Jan 2015
HS2 Funding Referendum Bill

"The hon. Gentleman is right. I will come to another point about compensation in a moment.

If the Heathrow spur is not needed, the junction at the entrance to the tunnel into the constituency of my right hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham is not needed, which would …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Jan 2015
HS2 Funding Referendum Bill

"Indeed, Madam Deputy Speaker. The whole point is that the Bill, by facilitating a referendum, would enable these matters to be crystallised and discussed and would largely compel the promoters of the project to come up with all the answers that have been left hanging in the air.

I do …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Jan 2015
HS2 Funding Referendum Bill

"I agree entirely. It would be to the Government’s political advantage to reveal as much information as possible about how the decision making process took place. Of course, I am mindful of the rule that Ministers must have the possibility of confidentiality so that they can make informed decisions. I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Jan 2015
HS2 Funding Referendum Bill

"My hon. Friend makes a very good point. I have no idea how widespread the support for the project is in the north of England; anecdotally, there is a suggestion that it is much less than has been suggested. Most referendums have regional or local results, which would be a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Oct 2014
High Speed 2 (Compensation)

"I wholly endorse what my right hon. Friend is saying. The fact is that many people in my constituency have homes of very high value, but the compensation bears absolutely no relationship to the investment that they have made in purchasing the home, or to the fact that in many …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Oct 2014
High Speed 2 (Compensation)

"What about stamp duty? It is now a very substantial tax, and anyone who sells their house, even under the voluntary purchase scheme, will have to pay stamp duty on a fresh purchase. Those people moving to a property of substantial value, which is the sort that they are likely …..."
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