Question

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether there are any lessons to be learned by Parliament’s Restoration and Renewal programme from the HS2 programme.

The R&R Client Team, the R&R Delivery Authority and independent reviewers undertaking work on R&R have reflected on the lessons learned from HS2 set out in published reports and reviews. The recently published Stewart Review on HS2 is being carefully considered and its findings, in areas such as governance, the need for time and space for proper planning and development, and cost and schedule, will inform the development of the R&R costed proposals which are expected to be published later this year. Reports by the Public Accounts Committee, National Audit Office, the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the Office for Value for Money will also continue to be embedded within the R&R Programme as the programme evolves.