High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill

High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleA Bill to make provision for a railway between a junction with Phase 2a of High Speed 2 south of Crewe in Cheshire and Manchester Piccadilly Station; for a railway between Hoo Green in Cheshire and a junction with the West Coast Main Line at Bamfurlong, south of Wigan; and for connected purposes.
Introduced by
Status: Not passed
History of passage through Parliament

The High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill was a proposed act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was introduced as a Hybrid Bill by Grant Shapps (Secretary of State for Transport).[1]

The bill's original aim was to authorise rail works for HS2 Phase 2 between Crewe and Manchester. It was paused under the Sunak ministry, pending the review into Phase 2 following the Government's cancellation of Phase 2 in 2023.[2]

The bill was re-introduced in the 2024-25 session by Louise Haigh (Secretary of State for Transport), on 25 July 2024,[3] with the intention of repurposing it to instead provide powers to construct other rail lines in the north of England.[4]

References

  1. ^ "High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill". Parliamentary Bills. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Committee publishes Second Special Report - High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill Select Committee (Commons)". UK Parliament - Committees. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. ^ "House of Commons". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom. 25 July 2024. col. 830.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "PolicyMogul - Champions of public affairs". policymogul.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.