show ad Furious Minister says HS2 is ‘mistreating and pressurising residents’: Attorney General claims high-speed rail link has become a threat to mental health * HS2 bosses have been blasted by a Minister for mistreating homeowners * Jeremy Wright raised fears the line was affecting people’s mental -- comments Criticism: Attorney General Jeremy Wright has hit out at HS2 bosses claiming they have mistreated homeowners Criticism: Attorney General Jeremy Wright has hit out at HS2 bosses claiming they have mistreated homeowners Criticism: Attorney General Jeremy Wright has hit out at HS2 bosses claiming they have mistreated homeowners Bosses of the controversial HS2 high-speed railway scheme have been blasted by a Cabinet Minister for mistreating anxious homeowners who live along the planned route. -- Birmingham, was affecting his constituents’ mental health. He said: ‘HS2 is having a huge psychological effect on many of those I represent who live in the path of this project.’ -- Mr Wright, whose Warwickshire constituency will be bisected by the railway, condemned the way HS2 Ltd – the company overseeing the scheme – was dealing with some people affected by the proposals. -- In a letter to a Commons inquiry into the project, he wrote: ‘This poor administration causes great anger and does little to allay the feeling that HS2 Ltd do not care about the people whose lives have been turned upside down.’ -- to lessen the line’s impact in certain places. Key information was not available, he said, and in one case, HS2 took more than 18 months to explain why a proposal had been rejected – only fully responding after he had written personally to the managing -- He went on: ‘I have also received complaints from constituents who have received communications from HS2 Ltd addressed to a deceased relative or to ‘‘the owner-occupier’’ when there has already been extensive communication with the named individual.’ Fighting back: One of the anti-HS2 protests. Bosses of the controversial high-speed railway scheme have been blasted for mistreating anxious homeowners Fighting back: One of the anti-HS2 protests. Bosses of the controversial high-speed railway scheme have been blasted for mistreating anxious homeowners Fighting back: One of the anti-HS2 protests. Bosses of the controversial high-speed railway scheme have been blasted for mistreating anxious homeowners Last night, HS2 Ltd defended its consultation procedures, including making deals with homeowners just before they were due to address MPs. -- appeared at the Select Committee. We feel that this was the right thing to do, and we will continue to work closely with stakeholders to find a way forward that allows us to build and operate HS2 with as little disruption as possible.’ Mr Wright’s complaints come in the wake of a Parliamentary Ombudsman’s report last year which rebuked HS2 for its treatment of people in a Staffordshire hamlet and ordered it to pay them thousands of pounds in compensation. -- Share or comment on this article: HS2 is ‘mistreating and pressurising residents’ says Attorney General Jeremy Wright