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Written question asked by Sarah Green (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 31 January 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 February 2022 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 February 2022 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

High Speed 2 Line: Parliamentary Scrutiny

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the potential impact on cost, schedule and benefits of decisions made during parliamentary scrutiny of the HS2 Phase 2 hybrid bills is considered when making future decisions on the project as a whole, as recommended in the National Audit Office report, High Speed Two: A Progress Report.

Answer

Alongside introduction of the High Speed Rail (Crewe-Manchester) hybrid Bill, the Government published an update to the strategic outline business case for this phase. This also reflects the case for the HS2 scheme taking into account Phases One and 2a. Refined versions of the business case, published as the scheme develops, will reflect impacts of any changes made during parliamentary passage. Lessons learnt from changes made during parliamentary scrutiny on the previous HS2 Bills and as HS2 is being constructed, are being taken into account as this Bill progresses through Parliament.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
115015
Session
2021-22
Related items
Subjects
Parliamentary scrutiny High Speed 2 line
Link
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