Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what environmental assessments and estimates were made on the effect of carbon emissions as part of the decision not to proceed with the Eastern Leg of HS2 to Leeds.
The Government is proceeding with the Eastern Leg of Phase 2b to the East Midlands and taking forward further work on how HS2 services could best reach Leeds. Detailed environmental assessments and estimates of carbon emissions will be undertaken as part of future development work.