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High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 30 June 2025UIN 62892

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the powers to make compulsory purchases of land for HS2 Phase One purposes expire.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The powers to make compulsory purchases of land for HS2 Phase One expired on 23 February 2022.

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