A Brief Analysis Of The HS2 Bill

As reported in our last blog, the Bill was introduced into Parliament on Monday, and was deposited in 2 volumes.  It was deposited alongside a myriad of documents which together make up the Bill and the Environmental Statement. Today's blog entry gives brief analysis of the Bill itself, pointing out some of the more interesting features. The next blogs will expand on Monday's by providing a more comprehensive index to the Environmental Statement documentation, as well as highlighting some of the other key documents that were deposited with the Bill.

The Bill itself is 417 pages long, 386 of which are schedules to the main provisions. It is made up of 65 clauses and 31 schedules.