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date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the mitigation measures agreed by HS2 Ltd to reduce the negative effect on biodiversity are (a) secured for the duration of the project and (b) monitored.
tabling member constituency	Banbury
tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
uin	180775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/672371/E2_-_Ecological_Impact_v1.5.pdf" target="_blank">HS2 Information Paper E2</a> outlines how ecological impacts have been assessed and how they will be mitigated or compensated for during the construction of Phase One of HS2. It refers to the commitment to seek no net loss to biodiversity. Mitigation measures include the creation of habitat to maintain the populations of protected species. New areas of woodland, grassland, heathland and ponds will be created.</p><p>A route-wide monitoring strategy will be put in place. HS2 Ltd is responsible for maintaining and monitoring the new or managed habitat for a sufficient period to ensure that the nature conservation objectives are achieved. Indicative periods for the management and monitoring of habitats are set out in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/672401/E26_-__Indicative_Periods_Management_and_Monitoring_of_Habitats_v1.2__2_.pdf" target="_blank">HS2 Information Paper E26</a>. These include plans to monitor replacement woodland for up to 50 years.</p><p> </p><p>A similar approach is being adopted for future phases of the scheme.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/10/2018 13:29:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

989650

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that High Speed Two does not cause the death of barn owls.
tabling member constituency	Banbury
tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
uin	180776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has produced a barn owl mitigation plan to manage and reduce the anticipated significant effects to barn owls caused by construction and operation of the Phase One scheme. The plan has been developed by a team of professional ecologists, including a barn owl expert, and has been informed by additional research undertaken by the British Trust for Ornithology.</p><p> </p><p>The plan assumes that 80 pairs are affected by the Phase One scheme and consists of measures to: avoid disturbance to the species during construction; reduce the collision risk of the railway to the birds; provide new artificial nesting sites at a safe distance from the railway; and monitor the new nesting sites to ensure uptake by barn owls.</p><p> </p><p>It is expected that the barn owl mitigation plan will be expanded and refined for future phases of HS2.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/10/2018 13:18:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis