Select Committee
This section sets out the key stages in the Transport Select Committee's consderation of high speed rail, including the submissions and evidence given by 51m.
Response by the Transport Secretary to the recommendations of the Transport Select Committee (January, 2012)
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Transport Select Committee Report (November, 2011)
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Oral Evidence Sessions (June to September, 2011)
Consideration by the Transport Select Committee included five oral evidence sessions which took place between 21 June and 13 September. Click on the respective links below to read transcipts of the evidence given at each session.
21 June
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmtran/uc1185-i/uc118501.htm
28 June
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmtran/uc1185-ii/uc118501.htm
12 July
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmtran/uc1185-iii/uc118501.htm
6 September
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmtran/uc1185-iv/uc118501.htm
13 September
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmtran/uc1185-v/uc118501.htm
The report of the Transport Select Committee was published in November, 2011, click on the website link below to read it -
Transport Select Committee website
www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/transport-committee/inquiries/hsr1/
51m Submission to the Transport Select Committee by 51m (May, 2011)
Chapter 1 - Optimised Alternative to HS2 - The Scope for Growth on the Existing Network
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Chapter 2 - Economic and Business Case
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Chapter 3 - Lessons from other Major Transport Projects
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Chapter 4 - HS2 Route Capacity and Reliability
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Chapter 5 - Local and Regional Impacts of High Speed Rail in the UK
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Chapter 6 - Carbon Impacts of HS2
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Chapter 7 - Freight Capacity Issues
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Chapter 8 - Capacity and Service Disbenefits
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Chapter 9 - Impacts on Great West Main Line
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Chapter 10 - Disruption to Existing Services During Construction
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Chapter 11 - Links to Heathrow
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Chapter 12 - HS2/HS1 Connection
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Chapter 13 - Environmental Impacts
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Chapter 14 - Government Policy and HS2
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Chapter 15 - Alternative Transport Priorities in the North
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