Policy paper
  
  
    HS2 development agreement
   
 
  
    
        
    Governs the relationship between the Secretary of State for Transport and HS2 Ltd.
     
   
  
    
        
      
      This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
      
      
  
    
      
          
    
  
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            This development agreement governs the relationship between the Secretary of State for Transport and HS2 Ltd. It sets out:
  - HS2 Ltd’s role in developing, building and operating the new high speed railway
- the Department for Transport’s role as sponsor and funder
The HS2 development agreement was first signed in December 2014 and revised in 2017.
         
       
      
  
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      Published 9 January 2019