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High Speed 2 Line: Birmingham

Asked by Gareth BaconConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 8 April 2025UIN 43480

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to retain passive provision for the HS2 junction north of Birmingham Interchange.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Department’s priority is on delivering Phase 1 at the lowest reasonable cost. We continue to review the wider position we inherited on rail infrastructure and will announce more details in due course.

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