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Crossrail Bill [Instruction No. 2]

I beg to move,"That it be a further Instruction to the Select Committee to which the Crossrail Bill is committed—""(1) that it have power to consider—"" (a) the extension of permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 in relation to development which is the subject of environmental assessment in connection with the Bill;"" (b) additional power to carry out works for the purpose of reinstating facilities whose operation or use is discontinued because of the exercise of powers conferred by the Bill;"" (c) provision relating to the abstraction of water;"" (d) alterations to the provision which is now made in the Bill regarding planning permission for development authorised by the Bill which consists of a work other than a scheduled work;"" (e) alterations to the provision which is now made in the Bill regarding the application of provisions of the Bill to things authorised by an order under section 1 of the Transport and Works Act 1992;"" (f) alterations to the provision which is now made in the Bill regarding any of the following—"" (i) a crossover at Farringdon;"" (ii) sidings at Westbourne Park;"" (iii) diversion of the Moorgate Station Sewer;"" (iv) a jetty and conveyor at West India Docks South;"" (v) use of the River Lea for barge loading and holding areas;"" (vi) realignment of the Docklands Light Railway at Custom House;"" (vii) facilities for handling excavated materials at Manor Wharf;"" (viii) a shaft at Eleanor Street;"" (ix) diversion of the Hackney to Abbey Mills Sewer and the Wick Lane Sewer;"" (x) a bridge over Hollow Hill Lane, Langley;"" (g) realignment of the proposed running tunnel beneath Shorts Gardens, Camden;"" (h) alterations to a ticket hall at the proposed Whitechapel Station;"" (i) alterations to the provision which is now made in the Bill regarding approval in relation to highway accesses;"" (j) alterations to the provision which is now made in the Bill regarding the acquisition of land at Basin Approach, Lowell Street and land at Billingsgate Market;"" (k) alterations to the provision which is now made in the Bill regarding the creation and acquisition of easements or other rights over land;"" (l) alterations to the table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Bill (disapplication and modification of heritage controls), so far as relating to the City of Westminster, the City of London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets;"" (m) the inclusion of additional land within the limits of land to be acquired or used;""and, if it thinks fit, to make amendments to the Bill with respect to any of the matters mentioned above, and for connected purposes;""(2) that any Petition against Amendments to the Bill which the Select Committee to which the Crossrail Bill is committed is empowered to make shall be referred to that Select Committee if—"" (a) it is presented by being deposited in the Private Bill Office not later than the end of the period of four weeks beginning with the day on which the first newspaper notice of the Amendments was published or, if that period includes any time during which the House is adjourned for more than four days, not later than five weeks beginning with that day, and"" (b) it is one in which the Petitioners pray to be heard by themselves, their Counsel or Agents.""That these Orders be Standing Orders of the House." Before I deal with the merits of the motions, let me put them in context, which may help hon. Members who were not present on 19 July last year or who have put the whole business behind them. The House will recall that on that day last year, it agreed, after a vote, to give the Crossrail Bill a Second Reading. The Bill will enable Crossrail to be constructed and puts in place the necessary powers to acquire land and also allow the Crossrail services to run. The Second Reading agreed the principle of the Bill, which is to construct Crossrail—a railway that will run between the termini at Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east and Maidenhead in the west. The main new intermediate stations will be at Paddington, Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon, Liverpool Street, Whitechapel, the Isle of Dogs and Custom House. I remind the House that this is a hybrid Bill. These are Bills used for projects usually of national importance, where the Government take the lead in terms of strategic development. But crucially, because it affects specific private interests, it is dealt with differently in both Houses of Parliament. Such Bills are rare. The last one, I believe, was about 10 years ago. The procedures in relation to them are complex. Although I shall endeavour to give the House my best understanding of what the Select Committee can and cannot do, clearly the Select Committee will be advised by the Clerks of the House, and much lies in their hands. It might be helpful if I set out what I understand the procedure will be. We are talking about building a new railway line through London, through a densely populated area. Many private interests are affected and many people may be in favour of the Bill in principle but may have understandable concerns about their own interests, which need to be dealt with. The Bill has aspects of both a public and a private Bill. It is brought forward by the Government and, like any other public Bill, it contains provisions that affect everyone or affect particular classes of people. However, the Bill also contains provisions that have an impact on particular individuals, notably in relation to the powers to acquire particular land. That is why the House requires such a Bill to comply with elements of the procedures for private Bills, as well as complying with the usual procedures for public Bills. The main difference is an extra Select Committee stage in each House. Hon. Members know that the Select Committee has been set up under the chairmanship of my hon. Friend the Member for Mansfield (Mr. Meale), and it will consider the petitions from those whose individual rights will be affected. In addition to agreeing to give the Bill a Second Reading, the House also agreed to give instructions to the Select Committee, which we are discussing today. Hon. Members who were here in July know that the instructions, rather than the merits of Crossrail, took up most of the debate. The House agreed two sets of instructions in the vote in July: the first set allows the Select Committee to report to the House on the environmental impact of the railway; the second instructs the Select Committee to treat the principle of the Bill as including the termini of the railway transport system for which the Bill provides and the provision of intermediate stations at the locations that I have set out.