Cheryl Gillan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish details of who considered the proposals for a property bond in relation to High Speed 2; and what the reasons were for rejecting that proposal.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Secretary of State considered the option of a property bond for Phase One of HS2 and has ruled out this option for the reasons set out in Property Compensation Consultation 2013 for the London-West Midlands HS2 route: Decision Document published on 9 April 2014.