MP CHERYL Gillan’s future will be in the spotlight this week as the Government announced its intention to proceed with the controversial HS2 plan today.

Last year she indicated she was prepared to be sacked as a Government Minister by David Cameron over High Speed 2.

The Amersham and Chesham Parliamentary representative said she could not vote in favour of the £33bn rail project, which would cut directly through Buckinghamshire countryside.

She told the Sunday Times in 2011 that if the project went ahead she would resign the whip unless the Prime Minister told her he would allow her to vote against it, and that Mr Cameron knew of her opposition to the plan when he appointed her as Welsh Secretary.

Mrs Gillan said he would have to “decide whether he wants me or not” at that point.

She recently told the Free Press: "I would dearly love the wishes of my constituents to be granted and the scheme scrapped but if it goes to the next stage then of course I would want it mitigated as much as possible.

“I continue to make strong representations on the project."

Political opponents in the Chilterns have previously called on Mrs Gillan to resign her Cabinet post.

But she has argued that she has more power to fight the project inside the Government than as a backbencher.

Late last year Mrs Gillan played down suggestions she may resign from her Government Ministerial role over the issue.

But The Guardian reported today that if she does decide to step down from the cabinet, it may not be until legislation for the project is published in 2013.

A number of Tory MPs are expected to oppose the issue as it moves forward.

Beaconsfield MP Dominic Grieve last year told the BFP many of his constituents were against the plan, leaving him in a potentially difficult position when the proposals come to a vote.

Cheryl Gillan’s office is expected to be releasing a statement on the HS2 announcement later today.

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