Extract from Lords debate on HS2 - Mar 11
Thursday, 12 March 2020 08:19
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GP):...The request for this
debate was lodged several months ago, when the Government were
reviewing their entire plan for HS2. In the meantime, of course,
they have announced their intention to go ahead. Subsequently,
plans have been announced by the broadcaster and campaigner, Chris
Packham to seek a judicial review of the decision in the light of
the climate and wildlife impacts of the plan. That came after the
High Court ruled that the Government’s...Request free trial
(GP):...The
request for this debate was lodged several months ago, when the
Government were reviewing their entire plan for HS2. In the
meantime, of course, they have announced their intention to go
ahead. Subsequently, plans have been announced by the broadcaster
and campaigner, Chris Packham to seek a judicial
review of the decision in the light of the climate and wildlife
impacts of the plan. That came after the High Court ruled that the
Government’s decision to go ahead with the proposed Heathrow third
runway had failed to take into account commitments they had made
under the Paris Agreement on climate change. The Government have
said they will not appeal that decision. Legal commentators have
said that other challenges may well be launched to HS2, and this
comes as North Somerset Council made the historic decision, after a
great deal of work by campaigners, not to allow the expansion of
Bristol Airport on the basis of the climate emergency...
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