Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to make further reductions to High Speed Two following the reduction of proposed platforms at Euston Station.

There are currently no plans to reduce core scope for the consented HS2 scheme (as set out in the 2017 and 2021 Acts of Parliament for Phase One and Phase 2a respectively) outside of the Euston area. The two HS2 Acts are specifically designed to provide sufficient flexibility to accommodate scope changes where appropriate or necessary. On Phase One, an alteration to extend the Bromford Tunnel in the West Midlands has already been promoted in 2020.