Rejected petition Cancel HS2 and invest the 100 Billion plus in the NHS

We want the government to scrap HS2 and re-appropriate the money to invest in the NHS.

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We want the government to scrap HS2 as saving 18 minutes on a journey between Birmingham and London is not worth over 100 Billion, plus the overall % of the population that will ever use this service will be minuscule. The current crisis puts into very clear perspective what is important and that is the health and well-being of citizens of the uk. We should invest the money in NHS & care services instead.

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You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:

Halt work on HS2 and Stonehenge Tunnel until Coronavirus over: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302756

Repeal the 2013 and 2017 HS2 Hybrid Bills halting all HS2 works immediately: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300170

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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Date submitted 27 March 2020
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