Written question asked by Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party) on Wednesday, 2 October 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 October 2019. It was answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 October 2019 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Pollution: High Speed 2 Line

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assurances they have sought from HS2 Ltd about the impacts on their plans of the confirmation by the London Borough of Hillingdon in 2011 that New Years Green Bourne was a Significant Pollution Pathway under paragraphs 3(a) and 3(c) of the Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006, with the underground pollution plume travelling in a southwesterly direction towards the Test Pile Site area of Harvil Road.

Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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