Some recent written answers on HS2 Parliamentary Written answers on HS2 on June 3rd 2013. Treasury: High Speed 2 Railway Line Mrs Gillan: To...
Reaction to the NAO report On Thursday, the National Audit office issued a report on HS2, saying “In an early examination of progress by...
Report shows case for HS2 has been manufactured, is out of control and will cost £53bn. Just three days after Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin presented a Paving Bill to Parliament which asks...
As expected, McLoughlin asks for a blank cheque with no accountability to blow on HS2. The Government have published their High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill, without saying how much extra money they actually want...
McLoughlin has his fingers in his ears about HS2. In an interview with The Independent, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has said he wants to ‘fast track’...
National Audit Office to review HS2 The National Audit Office (NAO) have announced that they will be opening a review into the development of HS2...
Snippets from the House of Lords debate on HS2 Railways: High Speed 2 Question for Short Debate, 11th July 2012 Asked By Viscount Astor • To ask Her Majesty’s Government...
Optic Fibre for a Virtual Meeting – or HS2? From “Now Let Us Remove the Blight”. The HS2 business case uses rail passenger trends from the pre-internet past and...
HS2: NAO report disproves government rhetoric A longer version of this was published on the Information Daily (formerly eGov monitor) last month. The main headline...
HS2 now on amber-red alert On 18 April, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee carried out a review of the recent Report on HS1 by the...