questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of preparations by officials for parliamentary scrutiny of sections of HS2 that have since been cancelled.
answerText: The High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Act, which covers Phase 2a, received Royal Assent in February 2021. In January 2022, the Government introduced the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill into Parliament. Spending on phase 2a and b up to and ...
heading: High Speed 2 Line: Parliamentary Scrutiny