Committee announces start date for AP2 petition hearing
21 March 2019
The High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill Select Committee will begin its public sessions in the week commencing 25 March.
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Monday 25 March 4.30pm : Deborah Fazan, Residents' Commissioner, HS2 Ltd
Tuesday 26 March 9.30am : Promoter's opening statement setting out the case for the Second Additional Provision
All meetings will take place in Committee Room 5 in the Palace of Westminster. The hearings will be open to the public, and can be viewed on Parliament TV.
It is expected that the following week will be any right to appear challenges (the Promoter is expected to contact those petitioners it intends to challenge shortly)
Hearings with petitioners are expected to run from when the House returns after Easter (week commencing 23 April) and are expected to finish by the end of May. The Committee will make regular announcements on the week-by-week programme of petitioners as they are scheduled.
Contact the programme manager
The Committee has appointed David Walker to act as petitioner programme manager on its behalf. He will contact petitioners in due course to schedule their hearing. He is available on dwalker@wslaw.co.uk. Telephone 0207 593 5013.
If you have any other queries, please feel free to contact the House of Commons Private Bill Office on prbohoc@parliament.uk or 020 7219 3250.
Further information
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