MPs back bid to halt HS2 as petition triggers Parliamentary debate

By Jordan Marshall2021-08-16T09:40:00

Debate confirmed for 13 September after public petition gathers more than 150,000 signatures

A number of high-profile Tory MPs are trying to derail HS2 after a public petition triggered a Parliamentary debate on cancelling the £100bn project – months after construction work started.

A debate has been scheduled for 13 September after more than 155,250 people put their names to a petition that said the scheme was “poor value for money” and that “the pandemic has changed how we work forever and invalidated the business case”.

The petition asks that the government ”stop work on HS2 immediately and hold a new vote to repeal the legislation”.

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