Grant Shapps
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Grant Shapps
On the environmental advantages, it will interest the House to know that HS2 is being built in as an environmentally friendly a way as possible. Section 2B west is intended to be a net positive carbon contribution, not just in its running but in its entire life cycle, which will be very important.
[Official Report, 18 November 2021, Vol. 703, c. 742.]
Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Transport, the right hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps):
Errors have been identified in the response I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Andrew Jones).
The correct response should have been:
Grant Shapps
On the environmental advantages, it will interest the House to know that HS2 is being built in as an environmentally friendly a way as possible. Section 2B west is intended to be a net gain for biodiversity, which will be very important.