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Crossrail Bill

I support this amendment. I am not sure that this section of the Railways Act—I do not have a copy of it with me—applies to some of the things that the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield, spoke about, but he is right, and I just wish this amendment could apply to the whole network, but that is probably beyond the scope of the Bill. As the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, said, it is essential that the industry processes, which require this kind of notice, are adhered to. If Network Rail is to be the infrastructure manager of the surface section, as we all believe, it is up to the regulator, through the industry process, I think, to make sure that this happens. No doubt my noble friend will be putting enormous pressure on everyone to make sure that it does happen because it is an important point.