High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017

High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017

Long title	An Act to make provision for a railway between Euston in London and a junction with the West Coast Main Line at Handsacre in Staffordshire, with a spur from Water Orton in Warwickshire to Curzon Street in Birmingham; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2017 c. 7
Territorial extent	England and Wales and Scotland
Dates
Royal assent	23 February 2017
Other legislation
Relates to	High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted

The High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom which authorises the construction of Phase One of High Speed 2, a high-speed railway between London and Birmingham. The Act was introduced to Parliament as a Hybrid Bill on 25 November 2013, and received royal assent on 23 February 2017.[1]

Committee

The High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Select Committee was a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Committee was established in 2016 with a remit to provide persons and bodies directly affected by the Act the opportunity to object to specific provisions of the bill.[2]

Membership

As of 31 March 2019, the members of the committee are as follows:[3]

Member		Party
	Rt. Hon. Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe PC	Crossbench
	Rt. Hon. Lord Brabazon of Tara PC DL	Conservative
	Lord Elder	Labour
	Rt. Hon. Lord Freeman PC	Conservative
	Rt. Hon. Lord Jones of Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat
	Rt. Hon. Baroness O'Cathain OBE	Conservative
	Lord Young of Norwood Green	Labour

References

1. "Full speed ahead as HS2 gets Royal Assent". GOV.UK. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
2. "High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Select Committee (Lords) - role". UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
3. "High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Select Committee (Lords) - membership". UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 April 2019.