Lords Economic Affairs Committee to hear from academics on HS2
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee inquiry into the economic case for HS2 will continue next week as they take evidence from academics specialising in transport economics.
The evidence session will start at 3.35pm on Tuesday 14 October in Committee Room 1 of the House of Lords.
Giving evidence will be:
3.35pm
Professor Peter Mackie, Emeritus Professor, Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds.
Professor Roger Vickerman, Professor of European Economics, University of Kent.
4.40pm
Professor Tony Venables, BP Professor of Economics, University of Oxford.
Professor Dan Graham, Professor of Statistical Modelling and Research Director of the Railway and Transport Strategy Centre, Imperial College.
The sessions will cover a range of issues including whether the government has made the economic case for HS2 and what the wider economic impact of HS2 will be, and whether the HS2 report on regional economic impacts is effective in assessing the economic benefits across the UK.
The sessions will also cover whether the benefits of time savings from HS2 will be lost travelling to and from stations located outside city centres, whether demand has been forecast correctly in the business case, and if customers should and will be willing to pay higher ticket prices to use HS2.
The session will be webcast at www.parliamentlive.tv and is also open to the public. Journalists wishing to attend should go to Parliament's Cromwell Green Entrance and should allow time for security screening.
