High Speed Two Railway Line

(asked on 16th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Infrastructure Commission report, Rail Needs Assessment for the Midlands and the North: final report, published on 15 December 2020, whether it remains his Department's policy to build High Speed Two in its entirety.


Answered by
Andrew Stephenson Portrait
Andrew Stephenson
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 11th January 2021

The Government has made clear that it supports the Oakervee Review’s recommendation of a ‘Y’ shaped network and the delivery of benefits across the North and Midlands from investment in HS2. Work on HS2 Phase One, and the legislation for Phase 2a, are both making good progress. The Government will consider the National Infrastructure Commission’s report carefully before publishing the Integrated Rail Plan, which will set out the sequencing and delivery of HS2 Phase 2b.

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