A Bill to make provision for a national referendum on whether the proposed construction of the HS2 railway should be supported financially by the UK taxpayer.
HS2 Funding Referendum Bill would require a national referendum on whether the UK taxpayer should fund the construction of the HS2 railway. It would set out how the referendum is to be run and how its outcome would influence public funding decisions for the project.
The Bill is at the Second Reading stage in the House of Commons and has not yet moved to committee or further readings.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was a Private Member’s Bill and was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
A motion for the Bill’s second reading was moved on 23 January 2015, but was withdrawn at the end of the debate.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
