Select Committee · Transport Committee
HS2: progress update
Status: Open
Opened: 1 Jul 2021
This one-off evidence session will consider the real time progress of HS2 and explore the social and economic effects of the railway line in the West Midlands. This session will evaluate the current progress HS2 has made.
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | Dean Creamer CBE · Building Digital UK, Mark Wild · HS2 Ltd, The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE · Department for Transport | View ↗ |
| 10 Jan 2024 | Sir Jon Thompson KCB · High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd | View ↗ |
| 30 Nov 2023 | Alan Over · Department for Transport, Huw Merriman · Department for Transport, Trevor Gould, Trevor Parkin | View ↗ |
| 8 Nov 2023 | Nigel Harris · Green Signals podcast, Professor Andrew McNaughton · HS2 Ltd, Richard Bowker CBE · Green Signals podcast, Richard Morris, Tom Worsley CBE · Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds | View ↗ |
| 18 May 2023 | Huw Merriman · Department for Transport, Mark Thurston · HS2 Ltd | View ↗ |
| 2 Nov 2022 | Clive Maxwell · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Dr Rachel Giles · Cheshire Wildlife Trust, Kathleen Covill · Natural England, Mark Thurston · HS2 Ltd, Rebecca Pullinger · The Woodland Trust | View ↗ |
| 24 Feb 2022 | Ben Still · West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Mark Thurston · HS2 Ltd, Tracy Brabin MP · West Yorkshire Combined Authority | View ↗ |
| 14 Jul 2021 | Andy Street CBE · West Midlands Combined Authority, Mark Thurston · HS2 Ltd | View ↗ |
Who gave evidence
| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Thurston · Chief Executive | HS2 Ltd | 4 |
| Huw Merriman · Minister of State for Rail | Department for Transport | 2 |
| Alan Over · Director General, Major Rail Projects Group, Seni… | Department for Transport | 1 |
| Andy Street CBE · Mayor | West Midlands Combined Authority | 1 |
| Ben Still · Managing Director | West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 1 |
| Clive Maxwell · Second Permanent Secretary | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 1 |
| Dean Creamer CBE · Chief Executive | Building Digital UK | 1 |
| Dr Rachel Giles · Evidence and Planning Programme Manager | Cheshire Wildlife Trust | 1 |
| Kathleen Covill · Principal Specialist for Land Use (HS2) | Natural England | 1 |
| Mark Wild · Chief Executive Officer | HS2 Ltd | 1 |
| Nigel Harris · Co-host | Green Signals podcast | 1 |
| Professor Andrew McNaughton · Former Technical Director | HS2 Ltd | 1 |
| Rebecca Pullinger · Lead Policy Advocate for Planning | The Woodland Trust | 1 |
| Richard Bowker CBE · Co-host | Green Signals podcast | 1 |
| Richard Morris | — | 1 |
| Sir Jon Thompson KCB · Executive Chair | High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd | 1 |
| The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE · Minister of State for Rail | Department for Transport | 1 |
| Tom Worsley CBE · Visiting Fellow | Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds | 1 |
| Tracy Brabin MP · Mayor | West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 1 |
| Trevor Gould | — | 1 |
| Trevor Parkin | — | 1 |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2024 | — | Correspondence to the Secretary of State for Transport relating to HS2 and Hand… |
| 22 May 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to HS2 and Ha… |
| 17 Apr 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Executive Chair, HS2 Ltd relating to road safety audits… |
| 17 Apr 2024 | — | Correspondence to Executive Chair, HS2 Ltd relating to road safety audits, date… |
| 20 Mar 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to HS2 and Ha… |
| 20 Mar 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Chair to the Secretary of State for Transport relating … |
| 21 Feb 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Executive Chair, HS2 Ltd relating to follow-up evidence… |
| 31 Jan 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to the appoin… |
| 31 Jan 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Minister for Rail relating to HS2 evidence session, dat… |
| 24 Jan 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Minister for Rail relating to HS2 Phase 2a safeguarding… |
| 4 Jan 2024 | — | Correspondence to the Executive Chair, HS2 Ltd relating to road safety audit pr… |
| 4 Jan 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Executive Chair, HS2 Ltd relating to road safety audit … |
| 20 Oct 2023 | — | Correspondence from the Chief Executive Officer, HS2 Ltd relating to HS2 progre… |
| 12 Jul 2023 | — | Correspondence from the Rail Minister relating to High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manc… |
| 28 Jun 2023 | — | Correspondence from the Minister for Rail, Department for Transport, relating t… |
| 20 Jun 2023 | — | Correspondence from the Minister for Rail, Department for Transport, relating t… |
| 20 Jun 2023 | — | Correspondence from Minister for Rail, Department for Transport, relating to fo… |
| 20 Jun 2023 | — | Correspondence from the Chief Executive, HS2 Ltd, relating to follow-up evidenc… |
| 6 Jun 2023 | — | Correspondence from Secretary of State for Transport, relating to HS2 Phase 2b,… |
| 22 Feb 2023 | — | Correspondence from the Chief Executive, HS2 Ltd, relating to biodiversity metr… |