Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the cancellation of the second stage of HS2 on rail travel in Scotland.

£36 billion will be reinvested from the scrapping of Phase Two of the HS2 project. Under our Network North plan, connections across the UK will be strengthened, including through funding for targeted improvements to the A75 in Scotland. Rail is devolved in Scotland, so decisions on rail travel in Scotland are for the Scottish Government.