政府研究所：2025年混合法案：议会在我基础设施建设中的作用报告（英文版）

The government has set ambitious goals for infrastructure for its first term. The Plan for Change sets a goal of 150 planning decisions on major infrastructure by the end of this parliament.1 Hybrid bills can be a useful tool to deliver on some of these, particularly on rail. They bring various benefits: granting government certainty on a project at an early stage, allowing for a more flexible approach to a project, bringing in public legitimacy to the authorisation process and providing some