High Speed 2 Railway Line: Protest

(asked on 12th April 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government took to ensure the health and safety of HS2 protestors during their eviction from the Euston tunnel in February 2021.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 20th April 2021

We have a long tradition in this country of respect for legal protest. However, these protestors were putting themselves and those who might have to try to rescue them at risk. The response to the situation was led by the police, who are operationally independent of Government.

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