SELECT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS The Economic Case for HS2 Oral and Written Evidence Contents 20 Miles More—Written evidence ......................................................................................................... 4 51m—Written evidence ......................................................................................................................... 10 Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce—Written evidence .......................................... 15 Ampthill Square Tenants and Residents Association—Written evidence .................................. 18 Alan Andrews—Written evidence ....................................................................................................... 45 Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF)—Written evidence ....... 64 William Avery—Written evidence ...................................................................................................... 67 Aylesbury Park Golf Club Ltd—Written evidence .......................................................................... 70 Professor David Banister and Dr Moshe Givoni—Written evidence .......................................... 77 Chris Belk—Written evidence.............................................................................................................. 84 Bluespace Thinking Ltd—Written evidence ...................................................................................... 90 Andrew Bodman—Written evidence ................................................................................................. 98 Primavera Boman-Behram—Written evidence............................................................................... 113 British Chambers of Commerce—Written evidence .................................................................... 118 Marilyn Brown and Steve Brown—Written evidence ................................................................... 121 Buckinghamshire County Council—Written evidence ................................................................. 124 Camden Town Unlimited—Written evidence ................................................................................ 136 Dr Paul Carter—Written evidence ................................................................................................... 138 Chiltern Ridges (HS2) Action Group—Written evidence ........................................................... 140 Chiltern Society—Written evidence ................................................................................................. 145 Connected Cities—Written evidence .............................................................................................. 154 Dr Chris Eaglen LLB MIET—Written evidence .............................................................................. 161 Eastern High Speed Rail Network Partnership—Written evidence .......................................... 167 Mrs Mary Gair—Written evidence .................................................................................................... 173 Professor Mike Geddes—Written evidence ................................................................................... 174 Cheryl Gillan MP—Written evidence ............................................................................................... 183 Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce—Written evidence .......................................... 191 Greater Manchester Combined Authority—Written evidence .................................................. 193 High Speed UK—Written evidence .................................................................................................. 203 Mike Hill—Written evidence .............................................................................................................. 226 HMG Department for Transport—Written evidence .................................................................. 230 Kelvin Hopkins MP—Written evidence ............................................................................................ 241 Rex Hora—Written evidence ............................................................................................................. 247 HS2 Action Alliance—Written evidence .......................................................................................... 248 HS2 Ltd—Written evidence ................................................................................................................ 275 Kings Bromley Stop HS2 Action Group—Written evidence ...................................................... 285 KPMG LLP—Written evidence .......................................................................................................... 287 Liverpool City Region—Written evidence ...................................................................................... 301 The London Borough of Camden—Written evidence ................................................................. 307 London Borough of Hillingdon—Written evidence ....................................................................... 313 London Borough of Newham—Written evidence ......................................................................... 325 Professor Peter Mackie—Written evidence .................................................................................... 332 Stan Mason—Written evidence .......................................................................................................... 337 Neil Mathers FIMechE—Written evidence ...................................................................................... 339 Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce Limited—Written evidence ........................................ 341 Netley Primary School Governing Body—Written evidence ...................................................... 344 Network Rail—Written evidence ...................................................................................................... 346 North West Business Leadership Team—Written evidence ...................................................... 351 Pan-Camden HS2 Alliance—Written evidence ............................................................................... 370 Helen Peach—Written evidence ........................................................................................................ 378 Stephen Plowden—Written evidence ............................................................................................... 380 Christopher Prideaux DL—Written evidence ................................................................................ 424 Rail Freight Group—Written evidence ............................................................................................ 432 Matthew Semple—Written evidence ................................................................................................ 435 Dr Nigel Shepperson—Written evidence ........................................................................................ 436 Stoke-on-Trent City Council—Written evidence.......................................................................... 441 Stop HS2—Written evidence ............................................................................................................. 444 Dr Richard Stubbs—Written evidence ............................................................................................. 457 Tonge & Breedon HS2 Action Group—Written evidence .......................................................... 459 Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford—Written evidence ............................................ 462 Transport Watch—Written evidence .............................................................................................. 468 Twyford Parish Council—Written evidence ................................................................................... 473 Professor Roger Vickerman—Written evidence ............................................................................ 477 Volterra Partners—Written evidence .............................................................................................. 479 Madeleine Wahlberg—Written evidence ......................................................................................... 486 Michael Wand—Written evidence .................................................................................................... 488 J A Waters—Written evidence .......................................................................................................... 492 W J Waters—Written evidence ........................................................................................................ 493 Wendover HS2—Written evidence .................................................................................................. 495 West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority—Written evidence ........................................ 505 Whitmore & Baldwins Gate HS2 Action Group—Written evidence........................................ 517 Whittington and Fisherwick Parish Council—Written evidence ................................................ 521 Daniel Richard Wolfe—Written evidence ....................................................................................... 525 20 Miles More—Written evidence 20 Miles More—Written evidence 20 Miles More is a campaign supported by a coalition of leading business figures and academics to have the proposed HS2 network extended to include Liverpool. At present Liverpool is the only major city in the North and Midlands not directly connected to HS2