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<p>The table below outlines an estimate of the cost to the public purse of parliamentary
scrutiny of sections of HS2 that have since been cancelled. The costs of committee
visits, the transcription of committee hearings, reports by the Independent Assessor
and additional staffing have all been taken into account.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Select Committee on the High Speed Rail (West
Midlands – Crewe) Bill</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Select Committee
on the High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Bill</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Committee
visits</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£2,620</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£4,006.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transcription
of Committee hearings</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£54,313</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£24,811.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reports
of the Independent Assessor</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£184,760.58</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£175,712.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffing</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>N/A</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£184,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>£241,693.58</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£389,356.79</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>£631,050.37</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Under Private Business Standing
Order 224A(6)(a)(ii) (‘Comments on environmental statements’), the examiner of petitions
for private bills is required to appoint an independent assessor to produce a report
on responses to the public consultation on an environmental statement.</p><p>Three
reports were published by the independent assessor on the High Speed Rail (West Midlands
– Crewe) Act 2021, relating to consultations held on the Environmental Statement,
the Supplementary Environmental Statement which accompanied Additional Provision 1,
and the Supplementary Environmental Statement which accompanied Additional Provision
2.</p><p>Two reports have so far been published by the independent assessor on the
High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Bill, relating to consultations held on the Environmental
Statement and the Supplementary Environmental Statement 1 and Additional Provision
1 Environmental Statement.</p><p>Under Private Business Standing Order 224A(10), the
costs of the process of appointing an independent assessor, incurred by the House,
shall be reimbursed by the government.</p>
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