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Scrap the HS2 project

Submitted on Thursday 16th April 2020

Rejected on Monday 18th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Scrap the HS2 project

Petition Details

Scrap the HS2 project

Additional Information

COVID19 is prompting different priorities. The HS2 project is very expensive - that money is needed to support the country/people in more basic ways. HS2 will result in huge distressing losses of valuable habitats that we need for our health and well being. For what gain? Very little that I can see. The country will be in recession - what value is there in a fast rail journey from one city to another? There are few jobs to travel to. Local businesses and local infrastructure is what is needed to rebuild.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:

Repeal the 2013 and 2017 HS2 Hybrid Bills halting all HS2 works immediately: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300170

Cancel HS2 and use the money for the NHS and local economies, post Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311642

Halt work on HS2 and Stonehenge Tunnel until Coronavirus over: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302756

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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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