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Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill

I am sure that the Minister did not intend it but I think he has added to the slight confusion among us. It may be wise if he reflects on our discussion today and writes to us. For example, at Second Reading he said that the Secretary of State wanted the flexibility to subsidise international operators but today he has said that that is not true, so he has contradicted what he said at Second Reading. I believe there is also confusion about what the Bill does to the 1996 and 2005 Acts and how they fit in with this Bill. Perhaps the noble Lord could reflect on all the questions that have been asked today and write to us, setting out with more clarity answers to the arguments that we have put forward. I think that most of us are a little unhappy and uncertain because we have not had the answers that we would like to have had from the Minister.