Frank Dobson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Dobson on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects Chinese workers to be employed in the construction of High Speed 2.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Contracts let for the construction of HS2 infrastructure and rolling stock will be open to competition irrespective of country of origin, in accordance with EU and UK procurement legislation.

Prospective bidders are welcome to work alongside British based bidders.

It will be for bidders to propose how they can best deliver their proposals and the contribution of British companies and supply chain will be of interest.

HS2 Ltd is undertaking a range of initiatives to ensure businesses are aware of the opportunities and their forthcoming requirements so that they can prepare, so as to compete effectively.

Any non-EU overseas workers would of course be subject to the UK’s immigration regime and would be required to comply with whatever regulations were in force at the time.