Alex Rukin hit out at the government’s plans to build a new high-speed rail link between London and the North of England during a hearing of the HS2 hybrid bill committee on Monday.
Wearing his full Scouts uniform, Alex told MPs that plans to build lines for HS2 close to his mother’s house in Warwickshire would cause him a number of problems and would probably "ruin" his life if approved.
“I’m really worried that I won’t be able to get to sleep at night at my mum’s house because HS2 will be going really fast on a bridge past the bedroom window,” he said.
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