Rejected petition Call on the UK government to return £5bn of Welsh taxpayers’ money being spent on HS2

HS2 has been designated an England and Wales project even though it doesn’t benefit Wales or take place within Wales. As a result of this, about £5bn of Welsh taxpayers’ money is being spent on HS2 entirely within England, at a time when Welsh public transit infrastructure is in dire need of investment.

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the Senedd or Welsh Government is not responsible for.

Petitions to the Senedd must call for a specific action that falls within the powers of the Senedd or Welsh Government.

Schedules 7A and 7B of the Government of Wales Act 2006 set out the issues which are ‘restricted’ or ‘reserved’ to the UK Parliament - i.e. areas where only the UK Parliament or Government, not the Senedd or Welsh Government, can act.

The national rail infrastructure in England and Wales is reserved to the UK Government.

As a result, it is not possible for the Senedd to take the action called for by your petition.

You may wish to consider petitioning the UK Parliament about this issue instead: https://petition.parliament.uk/

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Date submitted 2 October 2023
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