The majority of MPs voted for the construction of the High Speed Two (HS2) rail link from London to Birmingham.

MPs were considering the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill^[1].

The Bill confers the powers required to construct phase 1 of the proposed HS2 scheme from London Euston to Birmingham Curzon Street with intermediate stations in West London (Old Oak Common) and at Birmingham Airport.

The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

• That the Bill be now read the Third time.

The support for the motion enabled the Bill to continue on its path to becoming law.

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• [1] Parliament's webpage on the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

The majority of MPs voted to build the second phase of the "High Speed 2" rail network, a new high speed railway line between the West Midlands (at Fradley) and Crewe.

MPs were considering the High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill^[1]

The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

• That the Bill be now read a Second time.

Support for this motion enabled the Bill to continue on its path to becoming law.

• [1] Parliament's webpage on the High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

The majority of MPs voted for the High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) project.

The project involves a high speed railway between a junction with Phase One of High Speed 2, near Fradley Wood in Staffordshire, and a junction with the West Coast Main Line near Crewe in Cheshire.

The project is described in the Bill as phase 2a of High Speed 2.

MPs were considering the High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill^[1]

The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:

• That the Bill be now read the Third time.

The support for the Bill enabled it to continue on its path to becoming law.

• [1] Parliament's webpage on the High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill, Parliament.uk

The majority of MPs voted in favour of the northern rail investment plan, including three new high speed rail lines and upgrades to existing lines.

The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:

• That this House
• recognises the importance of rail investment to the UK economy and, in particular, the delivery of new lines linking Yorkshire, the North West, North East and Midlands;
• regrets the Government’s decision not to deliver new high speed investment, Northern Powerhouse Rail in full, and electrification covering communities across the North and Midlands;
• calls on the Government to deliver the new northern rail investment promised by the Prime Minister in full; and
• further calls on the Secretary of State for Transport to update the House in person before January 2022 on his Department’s benefit cost ratio analysis for the revised HS2 line.

The new northern rail investment referred to is probably that set out in the Government's Policy Paper: "Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands"^[1] which included:

• * Three new high speed rail lines
• * Electrifying and upgrading two main lines
• * Upgrades the East Coast Main Line, including enabling increased speeds and installing better signalling.

The plan "confirmed" £96bn of spending.

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• [1] Government Policy Paper: "Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands", 18 November 2021, Gov.uk

*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.