Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 9 February (HL12883), on what (1) dates, and (2) times, did EKFB contractors meet with (a) HS2 Ltd, and (b) officials at the Department for Transport, to provide advice on the scrutiny of the Wendover Mined Tunnel, as such scrutiny has developed.

Design contractors working on behalf of EK (as it was at the time) were present at one meeting between officials from the Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd to discuss the Wendover Mined Tunnel proposal. The meeting took place on 1 April 2019 at 3pm.