Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he held discussions with potential private funders on the HS2 Euston tunnel and terminus prior to the publication of the Network North plans.

DfT and HS2 Ltd have consulted and commissioned studies on private finance and have regular discussions with potential private funders. We continually review the best ways to deliver and fund our major infrastructure projects, including harnessing the private sector to finance and deliver projects where appropriate. Following the Network North announcement ministers here and at HM Treasury have had a series of roundtables with investors and the supply chain to talk about opportunities including Euston.