Lord Allen of Kensington – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Allen of Kensington on 2016-09-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the impact of the resignation of Mr Simon Kirby as Chief Executive of HS2 Ltd on the delivery of phase 1 of the HS2 project on time and to budget.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

The Government is committed to delivering HS2 which remains absolutely on track with strong cross-Party support. There are no plans to change the project. HS2 is on time and on budget and construction will start next year.