Economic Case for HS2

Inquiry by the Economic Affairs Committee, 11 July 2014 to 1 February 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

1st Report - The Economics of High Speed 2 (25 March 2015)
The Economic Case for HS2: Oral and Written Evidence Volume (The Economic Case for HS2: Oral and Written Evidence Volume) (25 March 2015)
The Economics of HS2 Government Response (2 July 2015)

Evidence sessions

14 October 2014: Professor Peter Mackie, Dr Matthew Niblett and Professor Roger Vickerman
14 October 2014: Professor Dan Graham and Professor Tony Venables
21 October 2014: Lewis Atter, KPMG; Bridget Rosewell, Volterra Consultants; and Jim Steer, Steer Davis Gleave Consultants.
21 October 2014: Professor Stephen Glaister, Emeritus Professor, Imperial College London
28 October 2014: Professor Henry Overman, Professor of Economic Geography, LSE
28 October 2014: Alison Munro, Managing Director - Development, HS2 Ltd; and David Prout, Director General of the HS2 Group, Department for Transport
4 November 2014: Joe Rukin, Campaign Manager, Stop HS2; and Bruce Weston, Director, HS2 Action Alliance
4 November 2014: Councillor Martin Tett, Leader of Buckinghamshire County Council, 51m Alliance of Councils; and Dr Richard Wellings, Deputy Editorial Director, Institute of Economic Affairs
11 November 2014: Paul Plummer, Group Strategy Director, Rail Delivery Group and Network Rail; Rupert Walker, Head of High Speed Rail Development, Network Rail; and Professor Chris Nash, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
11 November 2014: Lord Adonis
18 November 2014: Emile Quinet, expert on French high-speed trains
18 November 2014: Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool; Dr Ian Kelly, Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce; Steven Leigh, Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce; and Ross Smith, North East Chamber of Commerce
25 November 2014: Sir Richard Leese, Leader, Manchester City Council; Mike Blackburn, Deputy Chairman, North West Business Leadership Team; and David Thrower, Transport Consultant, North West Business Leadership Team
25 November 2014: Jerry Blackett, CEO, Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce; and Chris Tunstall, Director, West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority
25 November 2014: Cllr Jon Collins, Eastern High Speed Rail Network Partnership; Peter Kennan, Vice Chair, Sheffield Chamber of Commerce; and Simon Green, Executive Director, Sheffield City Council
25 November 2014: Cllr James Lewis, Chair, Transport Committee, West Yorkshire Combined Authority; and Ian Williams, Director of Policy and Business Representation, Leeds Chamber of Commerce
2 December 2014: Michele Dix, Managing Director of Planning, Transport for London
2 December 2014: Richard Scott, Director of Corporate Affairs, Virgin Trains; and Richard Brooks, Commercial Director, London
9 December 2014: Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport; Lord Deighton, Former Chairman, HS2 Growth Taskforce; and David Prout, Director General, High Speed 2 Group, Department for Transport
13 January 2015: Sir David Higgins, Chairman, HS2 Limited
13 January 2015: Jim O'Neill, Chair, City Growth Commission