Government response to HS2 Phase One hybrid Bill Lords Select Committee report

This is the department’s response to the Special Report from the House of Lords Select Committee for the HS2 Phase One hybrid Bill.

In responding to the Select Committee, we have confined our response to those areas of the report where the Select Committee has requested the government take action or where we believe a further clarification would be beneficial.

Alongside the response to the Select Committee report, we are also publishing the Statement of reasons command paper.