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Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill

In local government, we increasingly try to ring-fence money from sales in a service area for that service area. I suggest that perhaps the Government should think more like that as well. We might get more done on the railways if all this money went back into the rail system instead of to the Exchequer. I could talk about the Thames crossing and all the revenues from that which go into other things. It would be nice if that money could be invested in our infrastructure. I thank the Minister for his reply. There is concern about platforms being vacant and it is a matter of trying to keep to timetables. Increasingly in this country we say that something will happen but it does not happen until five years later. It would be nice if we could keep to a timetable and see Waterloo improved dramatically because of Eurostar moving to St Pancras. There could be a twin win because we would have St Pancras and a better Waterloo. I tabled my intention to oppose the Question that Clause 1 stand part because I wanted another go at this. I hope that the Government will continue investment in Waterloo. Clause 1 agreed to. Clause 2 [Access contracts]: