HS2 Ltd also acknowledged in evidence to the previous Committee in November 2023 that it that it needed to think about its capacity and capability throughout the company to deliver the task ahead.47 While HS2 Ltd’s focus in recent years has been on civil engineering, it has been 44 Q17; Letter from HS2 Ltd dated 10 January 2025 45 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Planning proposals to unblock vital infrastructure and drive nature’s recovery, 22 January 2025 46 Committee of Public Accounts, High Speed 2: Spring 2020 update, Third Report of Session 2019–21, HC 84, 17 May 2020 47 Committee of Public Accounts, HS2 and Euston, Tenth Report of Session 2023–24, HC 67, 7 February 2024 17 shifting its focus to the delivery of railway systems, bringing the railway into operation and managing how it will integrate with the wider railway network. HS2 Ltd began making changes to its organisation in January 2024, including establishing a new role of Chief Railway Officer, with responsibility for integration and focusing programme decisions on how to best deliver the railway, rather than individual component projects.48