Christopher Foster

And in 2011, along with Chris Castles, David Parish was the author of a report on HS2, something I think that from a taxpayer point of view ought to be near and dear to our hearts.

At the same time then, comments were made by Sir Christopher Foster, the UK's most eminent transport economist, who said, I doubt one could find a worse current example than HS2 of a failure to make a credible case for a major project.

I do not know one economist I respect who believes in the case for HS2.

I believe Chris Castles and David Parrish will persuade any reasonable reader in their report that there is no economic case for HS2.