Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure, Peter Fox MS, has renewed calls for the Welsh Government to secure fair financial consequentials for Wales from the HS2 project. Despite HS2 being classified as an England and Wales project, not a single mile of track will be laid in Wales, depriving the nation of vital funding that could transform its rail network.
Commenting, Peter Fox MS said:
“Before the election, the Welsh Labour Government was vocal in calling for fair HS2 consequentials to come to Wales. Yet now, with a Labour Government in Westminster, the First Minister seems all too willing to accept whatever scraps her counterparts in London throw our way.
“Jo Stevens, when she was Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, had called for billions of pounds to come to Wales. Now she is in Government, she remains tight lipped.
“We were promised two governments working in partnership to deliver what is best for Wales. Instead, we’ve had broken promise after broken promise. The Welsh Conservatives have consistently called for fair HS2 funding to develop a modern, sustainable rail network that drives economic growth for all of Wales.”
